Robert Mills' Design for the Smithsonian Institution Building

ID: 85-797

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1846

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 30 Folder 3

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Summary

Proposed design in a medieval revival style of the north facade for the Smithsonian Institution Building by Robert Mills. The design was submitted for the competition sponsored by the Building Committee of the Board of Regents, December 23, 1846.

Subject

  • Mills, Robert 1781-1855
  • Board of Regents Committee on Buildings
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • Smithsonian Institution Building Competition

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Original watercolor rendering is located in SIA (RU 7058, National Institute records, filed in map case #?). Inscribed by Mills "[Perspective of] the Smithsonian Institution agreeably to the Design"

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 30 Folder 3

Contact information

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

Date

1846

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • North front
  • Drawings and plans
  • Architecture
  • Architecture--Drawings and plans

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Architecture

ID Number

85-797

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Architectural; Medium: Photographic print

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