Platt's Freer Plans Are Approved

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Summary

Charles Adams Platt's plans for the Freer Gallery of Art are approved by the Smithsonian Board of Regents and by the Commission of Fine Arts. Platt designed a building reminiscent of an Italian Renaissance palace with a central courtyard to house Charles Lang Freer's collection of Asian and Impressionist art. Ground is broken in September.

Subject

  • Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919
  • Platt, Charles A (Charles Adams) 1861-1933
  • Board of Regents
  • United States Commission of Fine Arts
  • Freer Gallery of Art
  • Board of Regents

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

September, 1916

Topic

  • Art
  • Site Plan
  • Art museums
  • Architecture
  • Groundbreaking
  • New Museums
  • Grounds
  • Art, Asian
  • Buildings
  • Building

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