Plywood Copies of Renwick Gates Displayed

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Summary

For four days plywood renditions of the Renwick gates are placed at the south end of the Victorian garden. "The model revealed need for a few crucial design alterations in later gate construction."

Subject

South Yard

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, "The Torch," November 1981, p. 3.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

October, 1981

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Gardens
  • Gates
  • Building
  • Gardens, Victorian

Place

Enid A. Haupt Garden (Washington, D.C.)

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