GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD APPLICATION FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK OR HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION New Designation _____ for: Historic Landmark ____ Historic District ____ Amendment of a previous designation _____ Please summarize any amendment(s) _______________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Property name ____________________________________________________________________ If any part of the interior is being nominated, it must be specifically identified and described in the narrative statements. Address _________________________________________________________________________ Square and lot number(s) ___________________________________________________________ Affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission __________________________________________ Date of construction _______________ Date of major alteration(s) __________________________ Architect(s) ________________________ Architectural style(s) ____________________________ Original use ____________________________ Present use ________________________________ Property owner ____________________________________________________________________ Legal address of property owner ______________________________________________________ NAME OF APPLICANT(S) _________________________________________________________ If the applicant is an organization, it must submit evidence that among its purposes is the promotion of historic preservation in the District of Columbia. A copy of its charter, articles of incorporation, or by-laws, setting forth such purpose, will satisfy this requirement. Address/Telephone of applicant(s) ____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Name and title of authorized representative _____________________________________________ Signature of representative ______________________________ Date _______________________ Name and telephone of author of application ____________________________________________ Date received ___________ H.P.O. staff ___________ Office of Planning, 1100 4th Street, SW, Suite E650, Washington, D.C. 20024 (202) 442-7600 fax (202) 442-7638 NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Historic name: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Other names/site number: ______________________________________ Name of related multiple property listing: ___________________________________________________________ (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: Independence Avenue at Seventh Street, S.W. City or town: Washington State: DC County: ____________ Not For Publication: Vicinity: ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property ___ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national ___statewide ___local Applicable National Register Criteria: ___A ___B ___C ___D Signature of certifying official/Title: Date ______________________________________________ State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington, D.C. Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: Public – Local Public – State Public – Federal x Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) x District Site Structure Object Sections 1-6 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington, D.C. Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing _____1_______ _____________ buildings _____1_______ _____________ sites _____________ _____________ structures _____________ _____________ objects _____2_______ ______________ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register _________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) RECREATION AND CULTURE/Museum ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) RECREATION AND CULTURE/Museum ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Sections 1-6 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington, D.C. Name of Property County and State _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) MODERN MOVEMENT/Modernistic ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: Precast aggregate concrete cladding, cast-in- place concrete columns, bronze fountain and door surrounds, granite pavers in plaza, glass and steel curtain wall. Narrative Description ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is located in Reservation 3A along the south edge of the National Mall. The entirety of the site falls within the National Mall Historic District. The museum building and its surrounding plaza are bound by Seventh Street, Jefferson Drive, Independence Avenue, and the Ninth Street Expressway underpass, S.W. (Figure 1). The Sculpture Garden, sunken below street level, faces the museum across Jefferson Drive, and falls within the Mall’s south tree panel. The museum is sited on center with the Eighth Street axis, reinforced by the circular design of the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden’s fountain, and in line with John Russell Pope’s 1935 National Archives Building. An open balcony on the north side of the Hirshhorn Museum faces the Archives, the Mall, and the Sculpture Garden. Located directly west of the enclosed plaza is the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, which separates the Hirshhorn Museum from the Arts and Industries Building to its west. ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description Hirshhorn Museum Building Exterior The museum building is a cylindrical volume raised fourteen feet above the ground on massive, sculptural concrete piers. The building contains four above-grade stories and a basement, measures 231 feet in diameter, and is clad in precast concrete panels with an exposed, sandblasted Swenson Pink granite aggregate surface (aggregate size of 3/8 to 3/4 inch). The precast panels encircle the building in bands of alternating heights. The joints between the panels are minimal and are nearly imperceptible when viewed Section 7 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington, D.C. Name of Property County and State from a distance. A single opening pierces