6. Pennsylvania Avenue Housing WASHINGT ON 2. Library of Congress 5. National Galleries 1. National Mall 3. Memorial Bridge 4. Executive Mansion on Meridian Hill NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM 401 F Street NW Washington, DC 20001 202.272.2448 / www.nbm.org Media Contact Stacy Adamson, Marketing and Communications Associate 202.272.2448 ext. 3458 / [email protected]An Exhibition at the National Building Museum, November 19, 2011 through May 28, 2012 Press Image Sheet 3
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6. Pennsylvania Avenue Housing
WASHINGTON
2. Library of Congress
5. National Galleries
1. National Mall
3. Memorial Bridge 4. Executive Mansion on Meridian Hill
NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM401 F Street NWWashington, DC 20001202.272.2448 / www.nbm.org
Media ContactStacy Adamson, Marketing and Communications Associate202.272.2448 ext. 3458 / [email protected]
An Exhibition at the National Building Museum, November 19, 2011 through May 28, 2012
Press Image Sheet 3
1. National MallProjected improvements to the Washington Monument and National Mall by B.F. Smith, 1852. This image shows a variation on the circular colonnade that was part of the original design for the Washington Monument, but was never executed. It also shows a proposed suspension bridge across the canal adjacent to the Mall.Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-31534
2. Library of CongressCompetition entry for the Library of Congress by Alexander R. Esty, c. 1880. This proposal for the Library of Congress was an unusual application of the Gothic Revival style.Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-31519
3. Memorial BridgeProposed Memorial Bridge in Honor of General U.S. Grant by Smithmeyer & Pelz, 1887. The proposed site was roughly the same as the current site of the Memorial Bridge.Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-31532
4. Executive Mansion on Meridian HillProposed Executive Mansion on Meridian Hill by Paul J. Pelz, 1898. Mary Foote Henderson, wife of a former U.S. senator, commissioned architect Paul Pelz to design this palatial replacement for the White House for a site on Meridian Hill, directly across the street from the Hendersons’ own mansion.Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-31528
5. National GalleriesDesign for National Galleries of History and Art by Franklin Webster Smith, 1900. The project would have stretched from 17th Street, near the White House, all the way to the Potomac River.National Galleries of History and Art: The Aggrandizement of Washington (F.W. Smith, 1900)
6. Pennsylvania Avenue HousingProposal for “Housing on the Avenue” by Hugh Newell Jacobsen, 1974. This project would have been located on the current site of Market Square, along Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. The terraced design was inspired by Italian hill towns.Courtesy Jacobsen Architecture, LLC
WASHINGTON
NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM401 F Street NWWashington, DC 20001202.272.2448 / www.nbm.org
Media ContactStacy Adamson, Marketing and Communications Associate202.272.2448 ext. 3458 / [email protected]
An Exhibition at the National Building Museum, November 19, 2011 through May 28, 2012
