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Corcoran Art Gallery, Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street & Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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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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1933 - 1960
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Renwick, James
Corcoran, William Wilson
Smithsonian Institution
Meigs, Montgomery
Ripley, S Dillon
Ezekiel
Jacobson, Hugh
Universal Restoration, Incorporated
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National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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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