Renwick Gallery - View this location on map Begun in 1859, this French Renaissance building by James Renwick successively served as a Civil War quartermasters headquarters, the original Corcoran Gallery, and the home of the Court of Claims. Now a Smithsonian Institution museum, it was built for William Wilson Corcoran (1798-1888), one of America's first great art patrons, to house his personal collection. Northeast corner, 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, District of Columbia Historical

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