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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Sectional elevation: main stair, lobby, reading room] – Historic Reproduction

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Sectional elevation: main stair, lobby, reading room], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Sectional elevation: main stair, lobby, reading room], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Library of Congress collection.

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A cross-section through the building, this sectional elevation shows how the main stair, lobby, and reading room stack and connect from the entrance upward. The drawing most likely relates to the Thomas Jefferson Building, designed by John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz, which was built between 1890 and 1897 and opened to readers that year. Rendered in ink and watercolor, the sheet is a working architectural document, and its colored washes suggest how the architects wanted the marble stair and reading room to appear once finished.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink and watercolor on paper.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 928 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134611

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