Hints on Public Architecture Is Published
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PrintHints 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.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1849