Smithsonian Institution, Arts & Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Drive Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

12 b&w photos
7 data pages
2 photo caption pages
4 color transparencies

TITLE:
Smithsonian Institution, Arts & Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Drive Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

CALL NUMBER:
HABS DC,WASH,520A-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 12 (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 6 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
Color Transparencies: 4

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS DC-298

Building/structure dates: 1879 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1896 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1960 subsequent work

Contains displays from Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876.

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000994

Significance: One of the best remaining examples of nineteenth century "exposition" architecture in the United States, the Arts and Industries Building was built to house international exhibits donated to the United States after the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876.

SUBJECTS:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--District of Columbia--Washington
brick buildings
galleries & museums
exhibition buildings

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.dc0273

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. AERIAL VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST
2. SOUTH ELEVATION, VIEW TAKEN FROM SOUTHWEST
3. SOUTH ELEVATION, VIEW CONCENTRATING ON INDEPENDENCE AVENUE ENTRANCE
4. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF SOUTH ELEVATION, TAKEN FROM STREET LEVEL LOOKING EAST
5. SOUTH ELEVATION, VIEW CONCENTRATING ON INDEPENDENCE AVENUE ENTRANCE, TAKEN FROM STREET LEVEL
6. SOUTH ELEVATION, DETAIL OF WEST RANGE
7. SOUTH ELEVATION, ENTRANCE BLOCK, DETAIL OF UPPER STORIES
8. SOUTH ELEVATION, OBLIQUE VIEW CONCENTRATING ON TOWERS
9. SOUTH ELEVATION, DETAIL OF TOWERS
10. VIEW OF ROTUNDA FROM SOUTHWEST
11. VIEW OF ROTUNDA AND DECORATIVE BRICKWORK
12. CLOSEUP OF ROTUNDA, VIEW TAKEN FROM SOUTHWEST
AERIAL VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST
SOUTH ELEVATION, VIEW CONCENTRATING ON INDEPENDENCE AVENUE ENTRANCE
SOUTH ELEVATION, VIEW CONCENTRATING ON INDEPENDENCE AVENUE ENTRANCE, TAKEN FROM STREET LEVEL
SOUTH ELEVATION, DETAIL OF TOWERS

CONTROL #:
DC0273

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