File:DETAIL, EAST END OF MAIN ENTRANCE PAVILION, SHOWING STATUARY AND INSCRIPTION - Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HABS DC,WASH,536-9.tif

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DETAIL, EAST END OF MAIN ENTRANCE PAVILION, SHOWING STATUARY AND INSCRIPTION - Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
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Burnham, Daniel H
Saint-Gaudens, Louis
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
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DETAIL, EAST END OF MAIN ENTRANCE PAVILION, SHOWING STATUARY AND INSCRIPTION - Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Depicted place District of Columbia; District of Columbia; Washington
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS DC,WASH,536-9
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Structure is associated with the McMillan Plan for Washington, D.C.
  • Significance: Key element in the McMillan Commission's plan to redevelop Washington following City Beautiful precepts. Was designed to centralize and consolidate train access to Washington, while at the time providing a monumental, impressive introduction to the city for arriving visitors. Architect Burnham was the "father of the City Beautiful planning movement in America.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-96
  • Survey number: HABS DC-139
  • Building/structure dates: 1903-1908 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1975 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc0254.photos.030018p
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Object location38° 53′ 42″ N, 77° 02′ 12.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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