The doors to the landmarked “Castle” in Washington, D.C. will be shuttered starting February 1 for an anticipated five-year renovation.
During this period, the Smithsonian Institution Building, a nineteenth-century Gothic Revival style structure designed by James Renwick Jr. that looms over the National Mall at Jefferson Drive SW, will undergo a top-to-bottom renovation—its first since the late-1960s—including the careful restoration of its decorative interior details, terrazzo floors, and two-story Upper Great Hall.
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