Monumental plans for the Department of Agriculture
Item
Title
Monumental plans for the Department of Agriculture
Description
Sketched in 1904 and later published in Women's Home Companion, this drawing demonstrates grand neoclassical plans to expand the Department of Agriculture. The Department had long since outgrown the original 1868 construction, one of the oldest on the National Mall. By the turn of the century, almost 500 people worked there, and laboratory space was no longer sufficient for chemistry and botanical research programs. Plans for rebuilding the department came, in part, from the massive redesign of the National Mall proposed by the McMillan Commission in 1901 to construct the Mall as a sweeping vista of monuments bordered with museums and government buildings.
Creator
H.M. Petit
Source
US Commission on Fine Arts. View original.
Coverage
1890-1919
Extent
550 x 269 px
Date
1905
topic
design & monuments
environment