Topic

Drawing

Art museums

Museum buildings

SI Buildings

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Restrictions

No restrictions

Subject

Renwick Gallery

Corcoran Gallery of Art

National Collection of Fine Arts

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Corcoran Gallery of Art Early History

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Type of Image: Drawing ; Medium: Architecture; Exterior

Date

c. 1875

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Original negative number is a National Archives and Records Administration number.

Summary

A drawing showing the exterior of the original Corcoran Gallery of Art at 17th and Pennsylvania Avenue. The building was designed by architect James Renwick, Jr., and built in 1859. In 1972, the building was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution, and named the Renwick Gallery of Art. The National Collection of Fine Arts, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum, with the additional gallery space, devoted the gallery to American creativity in crafts, design, and decorative art.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 34, Folder: 24

Contact information

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

Type

Exterior

Drawing

Architectural drawings

Standard number

SIA2008-2353 or 273-MHW-83