"Hints on Public Architecture" Authorized

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Summary

The Board of Regents authorizes publication of "Hints on Public Architecture" by Regent Robert Dale Owen, a work chiefly descriptive of the Smithsonian Institution Building.

Subject

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

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Goode, George Brown, ed. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century. Washington, D.C.: De Vinne Press, 1897, p. 834.
  • Report from the Board of Regents, submitted to Congress, of the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Smithsonian Institution. 29thCong., 2nd Sess., March 3, 1847. S. Rept. 211, p. 31.
  • Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing The operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution. 30th Cong., 1st Sess., January 6, 1848. S. Rept. 23, p. 120-121.

Contact information

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

Date

February 5, 1847

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Museums
  • Buildings
  • Museum publications

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