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Extent:
12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes) (13 oversize folders)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Architectural drawings
Black-and-white photographs
Manuscripts
Date:
1899-1913, 1949, 1960-1978
Descriptive Entry:
These records contain project files, blueprints, contract and work files, photographs, and correspondence related to several renovation projects. Included are renovation and restoration plans for the Arts and Industries Building, the Patent Office Building (home to the National Collection of Fine Arts and National Portrait Gallery), and the Freer Gallery of Art. Also included are original blueprints, drawings, and renovation plans from the Carnegie Mansion located at 91st Street and 5th Avenue, New York City, which is now the home of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Topic:
Smithsonian buildings  Search this
Buildings -- Maintenance  Search this
Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction  Search this
Museum buildings  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Genre/Form:
Architectural drawings
Black-and-white photographs
Manuscripts
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 637, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services, Records
Identifier:
Record Unit 637
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Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-faru0637