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

Category: Architecture

The Original Washington Monument Design

Post author By GW Museum
Post date December 14, 2022

E. Warren, “The Washington National Monument,” published by James Charles Armytage, c. 1855. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 2017.2.

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.

Architecture Transportation

A Metro Mecca: Pennsylvania Railroad’s Union Station

Post author By GW Museum
Post date April 20, 2022

A colored lithograph depicting Union Station in Washington, DC in 1906, with pedestrians and horse drawn carriages in the foreground.

“The Pennsylvania Railroad’s Union Station, Washington, D.C.,” published by John A. Lowell Bank Co., Boston, 1906. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 252.

Architecture U.S. Capitol

Bulfinch’s Capitol Dome

Post author By GW Museum
Post date January 19, 2022

An 1848 lithograph depicting the front of the US Capitol Building surrounded by trees with several horses on the National Mall.

August Köllner, “Washington, Capitol,” published by Goupil, Vibert and Company, New York, 1848. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 69.