Freer Commissions Platt to Design Museum

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Summary

Charles Lang Freer commissions Charles Adams Platt (1861-1933) to design the museum building in Washington to house his collections.

Subject

  • Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919
  • Platt, Charles A (Charles Adams) 1861-1933
  • Freer Gallery of Art

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Freer Archives chronology

Contact information

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

Date

1913

Topic

  • Art
  • Architecture
  • Art objects
  • Buildings

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