File:South end - boardroom - Textile Museum - Washington DC - 2013-09-15 (10092233694).jpg
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Standing in the door leading to the foyer, looking south toward the south wall and southwest corner of the boardroom (the old first floor srtudy) of the Textile Museum at 2320 S Street NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States. This structure was designed by architect John Russell Pope, one of the most popular and widely praised architects of the early 20th century. Pope was a Neoclassicist who liked to mix Beaux-Arts elements into his designs. He was also prolific, and a very large number of his residences, memorials, and public buildings survive in Washington, D.C. This residence was built in 1912 for George Hewitt Myers, a rug and textile importer. The structure exhibits Neo-Georgian elements, which help it to conform with the rest of the Kalorama neighborhood. The Myers family lived in the home until 1960, at which time it was turned into a museum. The building is a contributing property to the Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Myers was one of the earliest individuals to recognize the importance of textiles as an art form and cultural artifact. Between 1890 and 1957 (his death), he collected more than 3,100 textiles from Asia and Africa and 1,500 textiles from the Americas. His will provided for this building and 2310 S Street NW to be turned into a Textile Museum. The secondary building houses the museum's galleries. In 2014, the Textile Museum will move into new quarters at George Washington University. The two buildings, which are connected by a second story limestone-faced bridge, and their 0.75-acre property are for sale at $22 million. 2320 S Street is a three-story luxury home that began construction in 1912 and was completed in 1915. The ground floor consists of a 20-foot-wide foyer with black-and-white checked marble floor. To the left is a grand ballroom/salon which runs the length of the building. To the right is a small receiving gallery, a grand curved staircase that leads to the second floor, and then a large study in the southwest corner. In the rear of the foyer, guests walk out into a recessed portico and landscaped garden. The rear garden is aligned with the house and was designed in the Italianate Formal style by the firm pf J.H. Small & Sons. A straight pebble walk leads south toward a Greek Revival belvedere. The area close to the house is relatively open lawn puncutated by a few round bushes. The path forms a circle around what used to be a fountain, but now is a garden with stone planter/urn. Beyond the small circular garden, is a sunken garden. Here, the path is hedged in closely by boxwood. The sunk garden is dominated by the belvedere, although dirt paths parallel the and side walls to lead to benches and irregular plower beds behind the boxwood. Behind the rear wall is a straight drop about 30 feet to the alley below. A path against the house ends in symmetrical brick arcades set parallel to the pebble path. Large magnolia trees create an informal boundary between the garden and the garden at 2310 S Street NW. The pavilion and boxwood-lined path are not part of the original plan. The initial design here was Italianate Formal, and characterized by an open lawn, formal flower beds, and tall, narrow, sculpted trees. This was changed in 1976 to create the current plan, which screens the sunken garden far more from the house than previously. |
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Author | Tim Evanson from Washington, D.C., United States of America |
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