From the Albert H. Small Center for National Capital Area Studies

Category: Collection Spotlight

Architecture Collection Spotlight National Mall

Renwick’s Castle on the National Mall

Post author By GW Museum
Post date April 20, 2022

A colored woodcut lithograph depicting the Smithsonian Institute Castle from the National Mall in 1855, with throngs of pedestrians walking in the foreground. The image is labeled “View of the Smithsonian Institute - Washington City.”

“View of the Smithsonian Institute – Washington City,” Harper’s Weekly, c. 1855. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 51.