Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
Significance: The Corcoran Art Gallery was erected in 1859-61 by William Wilson Corcoran, Washington banker and philanthropist as a gallery for his private collection; the building was designed by James Renwick.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-57
Survey number: HABS DC-49
Building/structure dates: 1859- 1861 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1871-1874 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1889 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: after. 1960- before. 1969 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000300
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Tags
galleries and museums
military headquarters
schools
courthouses
war civil war
renaissance revival architectural elements
octagonal rooms
sculpture
palladian windows
second empire architectural elements
washington city
corcoran
art
gallery
corcoran art gallery
northeast
northeast corner
seventeenth
seventeenth street
northwest
pennsylvania avenue northwest
washington dc
pennsylvania avenue
district of columbia
william wilson corcoran
ezekiel
historic american buildings survey
hugh jacobson
montgomery meigs
james renwick
s dillon ripley
smithsonian institution
incorporated universal restoration
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
united states
nga
national register of historic places
historic landmarks
Date
1933 - 1960
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Renwick, James
Corcoran, William Wilson
Smithsonian Institution
Meigs, Montgomery
Ripley, S Dillon
Ezekiel
Jacobson, Hugh
Universal Restoration, Incorporated
Location
Source
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Link
Copyright info
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