Dominion Exhibition Series presents American Ruins :: Sept. 9–Nov. 28, 2010
Uncover a visual record of ancient ruins on the American landscape. See nearly 50 photographs by Arthur Drooker that capture the essence of our shared American past. Explore geographic, architectural and historic diversity, from ancient Native American dwellings in the southwest, to remains of Gilded Age mansions on the east coast, to Civil War-era ruins in the south, to colonial settlements in the mid-Atlantic, to a ghost town in the west.
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On Permanent Exhibit A permanent exhibit on the Virginia Center for Architecture headquarters building, built in 1919 by architect John Russell Pope, FAIA. Pope is renowned for the design of a number of national landmarks, including the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, the U.S. National Archives, and the National Gallery of Art (West Building) in Washington, D.C., as well as Richmond's Union Station, headquarters of the Science Museum of Virginia. The House That Pope Built includes photographs, narrative, and other educational media that shed light on the house -- a 27,000-square-foot Tudor-Revival mansion -- in addition to John Kerr Branch, the patron who commissioned its construction; the architect; the house's interiors; its setting on Richmond's historic Monument Avenue; and Compton Wynyates, the 15th/16th-century English country house that inspired the building's design. The |
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The House That Pope Built