Proposed Wings for NHB, 1931
ID: 95-1173
Creator: Allied Architects of Washington, D.C
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1931
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder 17
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"Additions to the Natural History Building, United States National Museum, Washington, D.C.," December 1931. Exterior west elevation and section, designed by Allied Architects of Washington, D.C. These wings, authorized in the Smoot-Elliott bill (approved June 19, 1930), were never built. By Fiscal Year 1933 when the first appropriation of $1,200,000 to begin construction was proposed, budget restrictions forced the shelving of the project. "Owing to the financial situation that arose and the necessary restrictions that this imposed in the National Budget, it was not practicable to include this item in the estimates finally submitted to Congress, nor was there later opportunity to consider it favorably." (USNM Annual Report 1932, pp. 4-5).
Subject
- Allied Architects of Washington, D.C
- United States National Museum
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- Natural History Building
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Catalogued by Monica Vondrasek in the Drawings collection database (Control # S04/I578). Discussed in National Museum Report of 1931, p.7 and 1932, pp.4-5.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder 17
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
1931
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Museum buildings
- Drawings and plans
- Architecture
- Natural History Building
- Proposal for Wings
- Natural History Building--Proposal for Wings
- Architecture--Drawings and plans
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Exterior
- Architectural drawings
ID Number
95-1173
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 14w x 5.5 h; Type of Image: Architectural; Medium: Photographic print