Looking south 16th and I Streets.
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Tag: Robert Mills
Washington Monument, about 4 am, maybe 15 years ago.
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Soon to be de-scaffolded Washington Monument, with Treasury Building at right.
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Washington Monument, flanked by East Wing of National Gallery of Art.
Robert Mills won the competition for the Washington Monument in 1836, but it was not until the late 19th century that construction was completed, delayed by various problems, especially raising money for construction.
I.M. Pei designed the second building for the National Gallery of Art in the late 1960s. Its modernist architecture of flat facades and sharp angles is in marked contrast to John Russell Pope’s Classical Revival building, started in the late 1930s and finished in the 1940s, after his death, by his associates.
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Photographing History by Bill Lebovich: Washington Monuments and Robert Mills
Robert Mills, one of the earliest American born professional architects , designed the Washington Monument in Baltimore and later designed the Washington Monument on the National Mall. For the latter monument, Mills proposed a colonnade around the base of the structure,but it was not erected. Baltimore, photos 1,2. Washington, photo 3, scaffolding going up to repair earthquake damage, photo 4. (C) Bill Lebovich, 2013. All rights reserved.
Photographing History 