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	James Renwick, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Several of Renwick's proteges became influential architects in their own right, including Bertram Goodhue, who was a partner of Ralph Adams Cram and designed the Nebraska State Capitol building, and John Wellborn Root.
		Renwick went on to design what is considered his finest achievement, and his best-known building: St.
		Built between 1847 and 1855, the many-turreted building, generally referred to as ‘the Castle’, was in the Romanesque style, as requested by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian, and was built of red sandstone quarried in Seneca, Maryland.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Renwick_Jr. (443 words)

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		Photographs and description of Renwick Gallery The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, a National Historic Landmark, was erected between 1859 and The building was designed by James Renwick, Jr.
		RENWICK, JAMES (1662-1688), Scottish covenanting leader, was born at Moniaive in Dumfriesshire on the I 5th of February 1662, being the son of a weaver, Andrew Renwick.
		JAMES RENWICK was born February 15, 1662, at Moniaive, in the parish of Glencairn His father, Andrew Renwick, was a weaver, and in profession and practice.
	www.99hosted.com /names14784.html (411 words)

	Smithsonian Institution Building - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was the first Smithsonian building, completed in 1855 by architect James Renwick, Jr.
		Located inside near the north entrance is the crypt of James Smithson, benefactor of the Institution, while outside on the Mall, a bronze statue of Joseph Henry, executed by William Wetmore Story, honors the scientist who was the Institution’s first Secretary.
		Although Renwick had intended for a bell in his original plan, there was not enough money to add it to the Castle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smithsonian_Institute_Building (344 words)

	Roosevelt Island Historical Society
		The end wings were designed in character with the original central block; the south wing, the work of architects York and Sawyer, was built in 1903-04, and the north wing was added by Renwick, Aspinwall and Owen, successors to the firm of James Renwick Jr., in 1904-05.
		for several years, Renwick was Supervising Architect for the Commission of Charities and Correction and designed the Workhouse, the Lighthouse, as well as the Charity and Smallpox Hospitals, on Roosevelt Island; the Inebriate and Lunatic Asylums on Ward's Island; and the main building of the Children's Hospital on Randal's Island.
		Renwick designed many buildings in New York city, among them three which are now designed New York City Landmarks; Grace Church, St. Patrick's Cathedral, and the william E. Doge villa (now the Greyston Conference Center in the Bronx.
	www.rihs.us /landmarks/renwick.html (1200 words)

	Renwick Gallery, Washington DC
		The Renwick was subsequently dedicated "for use as a gallery of art, crafts, and design." It was renamed the Renwick Gallery in honor of its architect, James Renwick Jr.
		The Renwick Gallery, located right across from the Whitehouse, is today part of the Smithsonian Institution, and houses a permanent collection of contemporary American crafts, features one-of-a-kind pieces created from clay, fiber, glass, metal, and wood, and presents temporary exhibitions of decorative arts and crafts from all periods.
		As of October of 2003 the Renwick Gallery, was the temporary home for some of the works from the National Gallery of Fine Art, while it is being rebuilt.
	www.jssgallery.org /Resources/Photos/Places/USA/WashingtonDC/Photo-Renwick_Gallery.html (308 words)

	Greenwood Gardens
		After the existing house on the property was destroyed by fire in 1911, Day retained architect William Whetten Renwick (nephew of the prominent architect James Renwick, Jr.) to design a new house and gardens.
		Renwick’s design for the garden and its principal built features, including two stone summer houses, water cascades, grottos, arbors, and pools, reflected Arts and Crafts details, with rustic paths and stonework as well as colorful tiles from the famous Rookwood Company of Cincinnati, Ohio.
		In 1949, the house and gardens were purchased by Peter P. Blanchard, Jr., and his wife, Dr. Adelaide Childs Frick, as a country retreat where they could enjoy riding and other outdoor pursuits.
	www.greenwoodgardens.org /history.html (560 words)

	Twain's life on Fifth Avenue
		James Renwick was Margaret Ann Breevort, daughter of Hendrik Brevoort, the stubborn old Knickerbocker who "put the bend in Broadway" because he would not let it go through his cherry orchard.
		The original owner of the present house was James Renwick, great-grandfather of Mr.
		It was because of this comradeship that Professor Renwick set aside the middle room on the second floor as a spare bedroom for the author of "Rip Van Winkle" to use whenever he came to town from his home at Sunnyside, up the Hudson.
	www.twainquotes.com /19240810.html (1679 words)

	James Renwick, Jr.
		James Renwick, Jr., son of prominent New York family, graduated from Columbia College 1836.
		James Renwick was not a Roman Catholic and other than St. Patrick's Cathedral, his work for Roman Catholic clients was fairly limited.
		Renwick was especially well known for his ecclesiastical projects, yet he was a versatile architect who also designed numerous private residences, public institutions, and civic buildings, including the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
	faculty.plattsburgh.edu /kevin.decker/Research%20Information/Renwick.htm (205 words)

	St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The cathedral was designed in Gothic style by architect James Renwick, Jr.
		A cornerstone was laid on August 15, 1858 just south of the diocese's orphanage, well north of the populous area of New York at that time.
		Work was begun in 1858, but was halted during the American Civil War, commencing again in 1865.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._Patrick's_Cathedral,_New_York (821 words)

	St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
		James Renwick, was an American architect born in New York City in 1818.
		Renwick and fellow architect William Rodrique, who married Archbishop Hughes' sister Margaret, were given a contract, dated March 5, 1859, which provided the architects with $2500 a year for the next eight years.
		Renwick received his first major commission at the age of twenty-five, when he was chosen to design Grace Church in New York City in 1843.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/medny/stpat1.html (1194 words)

	The Midtown Book - St. Patrick's Cathedral
		Renwick originally planned for a 400-foot-high tower over the Lady's Chapel at the cathedral's rear, but his plans, fortunately, were not carried out although certainly traditional in plan.
		In his book, “Essential New York,” published in 1979 by Holt Rinehart Winston, John Tauranac observed that the cathedral is “almost a picturebook amalgam of the cathedrals of Rheims and Cologne, with some of the lacy quality that Renwick had brought to Grace Church” on the northeast corner of Broadway and 10th Street.
		Designed by Joseph Magnin as the city's first major Gothic Revival building, it had cast-iron columns supporting a timber roof and burned down in 1868 and was rebuilt but downgraded to a parish church after completion of the new cathedral uptown on a site that had been purchased by the church as a burial ground.
	www.thecityreview.com /stpats.html (663 words)

	Smithsonian Institution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was built by architect James Renwick, Jr.
		In Smithson's will, he stated that should his nephew, Henry James Hungerford, die without heirs, the Smithson estate would go to the United States of America for establishing an "Establishment for the increase and diffusion of Knowledge among men".
		The Smithsonian Institution was founded for the promotion and dissemination of knowledge by a bequest to the United States by the British scientist James Smithson (1765–1829).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smithsonian_Institution (923 words)

	Buildings of SI: Renwick
		The pediment on the central south façade was triangular with an entablature inscribed, "Dedicated to Art." Renwick slightly modified the Style with American influences when he designed Corinthian columns with cornhusks instead of acanthus leaves--a direct reference to the capitals of the United States Capitol designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
		The Renwick Gallery has been under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution since 1965, operating as an extension of the National Museum of American Art.
		Five years later in 1859, Corcoran commissioned Renwick to design the Corcoran Gallery of Art based on the French Second Empire Style of the Louvre addition.
	www.150.si.edu /sibuild/ren.htm (402 words)

	Renwick Gallery
		The building was designed by James Renwick, Jr., a prominent New York architect who designed St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York and the Smithsonian Building (The Castle) in Washington.
		The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, a National Historic Landmark, was erected between 1859 and 1861 by William Wilson Corcoran (1798-1888), Washington banker and philanthropist, as an art gallery for his private collection of paintings and sculpture.
		The Renwick is open every day of the year, except December 25th, from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wash/dc27.htm (333 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Renwick James
		The original Smithsonian Institution Building, completed in 1855 and popularly known as the Castle, was designed by the architect James Renwick, Jr....
		Renwick, James (1818-1895), American architect, born in New York.
		The Gothic Revival in the United States, inspired by that in Britain, was at its most vigorous between about 1825 and 1860.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Renwick_James.html (99 words)

	Quennell Rothschild & Partners: Sarah Lawrence College
		Situated at the northern end of Roosevelt Island, surrounding the stone lighthouse designed in 1872 by James Renwick, Jr., the 4.5‑acre passive green space shows no traces of what was formerly a barren plain.
	www.qrpartners.com /projects/lighthouse.html (171 words)

	The Grand Salon of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery Reopens
		It was renamed the Renwick Gallery in honor of its architect, James Renwick Jr., who also designed the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C., and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.
		The Renwick Gallery was built in 1859 to house the American and European art collection of Washington banker and philanthropist William Wilson Corcoran (1798-1888).
		The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum is dedicated to exhibiting American crafts from the 19th to the 21st century.
	www.tfaoi.com /aa/1aa/1aa602.htm (940 words)

	Vassar College Catalogue 2005/06
		A handsome and monumental structure designed by James Renwick, Jr., it houses the Office of the President, the College Center, and other educational and administrative offices.
		The Carol and James Kautz Admission House is adjacent to the Powerhouse Theater and Ferry House.
		Three recently renovated areas of the facility include the College Information Center, the James W. Palmer III ’90 Gallery, and the multipurpose room.
	catalogue.vassar.edu /physicalresources.html (3485 words)

	Around the Mall & Beyond - A Storied Gallery
		Corcoran took the architect, James Renwick, Jr., to Europe with him to search out likely models for the building, and they both fell in love with the Tuileries addition to the Louvre.
		Renwick Americanized the French Renaissance design by substituting ears of corn and tobacco leaves for the traditional acanthus leaves atop the columns.
		In June 1965 the Smithsonian requested and was granted the building to be used as a "gallery of arts, crafts and design." Officially renamed the Renwick Gallery, it became a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
	www.smithsonianmag.si.edu /smithsonian/issues00/sep00/mall_sep00.html (1621 words)

	Connecticut Trust For Historic Preservation St. John's Rectory, Bridgeport
		James Renwick, Jr., architect of the renowned St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, designed St. John's Church in the Gothic Revival style.
		Renwick was one of the country's leading architects in the nineteenth-century.
		In 1900 the widow of a former rector left the church a bequest to build a stone rectory in the same style as the church.
	www.cttrust.org /index.cgi/7362 (399 words)

	James Smithson - Founder Smithsonian Institution
		The birth of James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institution, is thought to be during the year 1765.
		James Smithson wrote his Last Will and Testament with the same exactness found in his research notes.
		The will entailed his estate to his nephew, Henry James Hungerford, and stated that if his nephew died without an heir the money would go "to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge...."
	siarchives.si.edu /history/exhibits/documents/smithson.htm (433 words)

	The Plum Street/Wise Temple
		Trained in New York by Martin E. Thompson and James Renwick, Jr., Wilson brought a new standard of quality and imagination to Cincinnati architecture on his return about 1850.
		In 1864 the B’nai Yeshurun congregation commissioned a new house of worship for Wise from James Keys Wilson (1828-94), Cincinnati’s first native architect.
		He designed in both an unusually authentic historicist manner and in an original eclectic style, exemplified by the Plum Street Temple, as it is usually called.
	www.daap.uc.edu /library/archcinci/4wisetemple.html (325 words)

	Renwick, James -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		An American Gothic revival architect, James Renwick was best known for his St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City (1859–79).
		"Discussion of the architectural style of the Smithsonian Institution headquarters building in Washington, D.C., designed by James Renwick."
		Most notably he was a leader in the movement known as pragmatism, which stresses that the value of any idea or policy is based entirely on its usefulness and workability.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9334412?tocId=9334412 (541 words)

	Charles Wilkes and American Science in the Age of Sail
		That was true of Charles Wilkes' brother-in-law, James Renwick, a Columbia University Professor who from 1825 to 1848 taught Natural Philosophy and Natural Theology intimately bound up in the Transcendental philosophy then sweeping New England.
		James Cook in 1786 had reported sea ice south of Australia, but no one knew if it shrouded a continent or floated on an empty ocean.
		The great contributions to oceanography and geology by James D. Dana were not based on returned collections, nor were the innovative linguistic studies by Horatio Hale.
	www.hnsa.org /conf2004/papers/dbrose.htm (5076 words)

	Smallpox Hospital History - Abandoned Photography : opacity.us
		The 100 bed facility was designed by architect James Renwick Jr, whose more notable works include St. Patrick's Cathedral.
		The imposing gothic structure was emptied of patients in 1886, and was used as a nurses home until it was abandoned in the early 1950's.
	www.opacity.us /site14.htm (121 words)

	The Renwick, 808 Broadway
		This building (in context) was obviously designed to complement the gothic Grace Church next door, built 40 years previously by James Renwick, Jr..
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	www.nycjpg.com /2003/pages/0729.html (174 words)

	James Renwick, Jr. from LiveJournal
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		Renwick Ruin on Rosevelt Island: The mysterious castle-like structure at the south end of Roosevelt Island is the famous Renwick Ruin, named for celebrated nineteenth century architect, James Renwick...
	www.ljseek.com /search/James%20Renwick,%20Jr. (178 words)

	Cultural Tourism DC - Museums & Historic Places
		The Renwick Gallery was designed between 1859 and 1861 by James Renwick, Jr., architect of New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral and the Smithsonian Castle, to house the art collection of wealthy banker and philanthropist William W. Corcoran.
		The Renwick Gallery was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1965, and reopened in 1972 as the home of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's contemporary craft program.
		At the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, you'll discover one-of-a kind pieces created from wood, glass, metal, fiber, and clay.
	www.culturaltourismdc.org /info-url_nocat2536/info-url_nocat_show.htm?doc_id=44172&area=2560 (392 words)

	New York Architecture Images-Grace Church
		Grace Church, designed by James Renwick, Jr., when he was 24, was built in 1844.
		Built in white stone, the commission established the career of architect James Renwick, Jr.
		The spire, however, was first made of wood and the scandalous rumor in the congregation in 1844 was that Renwick failed to make the building strong enough to bear the weight of a stone spire.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /GV/GV001GraceChurch.htm (1862 words)

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