Ground breaking for National Museum Building

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Object Details

Subject

Cluss, Adolph 1825-1905

Cluss & Schulze

Arts and Industries Building

United States National Museum

Notes

Rendering of the new United States National Museum, now the Arts & Industries, building designed by architects Adolph Cluss and Rudolph Schulze, 1878. Smithsonian Institution Archives, negative number SIA2011-1079.

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1879, p. 127

Oehser, Paul H. The Smithsonian Institution. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, p. 189

Summary

Ground is broken for construction of the U. S. National Museum building. Concrete foundations are begun on April 29th and the brick-work of the walls on May 21st. The main walls will be completed by November 1. The building was designed in High Victorian style by architect Adolf Cluss of Cluss & Schulze, with a symmetrical design and large open halls. It is situated to the west of the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle." This building is now known as the Arts and Industries Building.

Contact information

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

Date

April 17, 1879

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Architecture

Building

Groundbreaking

New Museums

Construction (Buildings)

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Record ID

siris_sic_319