Bronze Gate Between Front Entrance and Great Hall of the National Academy of Sciences.
This file appears in: National Academy of Sciences: This 1924 building became the first dedicated home of the National Academy of Sciences.
The building's bronze work was done by Lee Lawrie. The bronze gate shown here includes signs of the Zodiac, a common Art Deco motif.
This file appears in: National Academy of Sciences: This 1924 building became the first dedicated home of the National Academy of Sciences.
National Academy of Sciences: This 1924 building became the first dedicated home of the National Academy of Sciences.
Designed by architect Bertram G. Goodhue and built in 1924, the National Academy of Sciences building is an original interpretation of the Neoclassical style. The organization was incorporated by an…