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Summary

Hints on Public Architecture, written by Regent and Head of the Building Committee Robert Dale Owen, is published. The book lays out a justification for the Norman Romanesque as an appropriate architectural style for American public buildings, using the Smithsonian Building as a model.

Subject

  • Owen, Robert Dale 1801-1877
  • Renwick, James 1818-1895
  • Board of Regents
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Notes

  • Owen, Robert Dale. Hints on Public Architecture. New York: Putnam, 1849.
  • Owen, Robert Dale. Hints on Public Architecture. New York: DeCapo Press, 1978.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Date

1849

Topic

  • Art
  • Architecture
  • History
  • Art--History
  • Buildings

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