File:Close of the pedimented pavilion - Interstate Commerce Commission, Constitution Avenue between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HABS DC-871-3.tif

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Close of the pedimented pavilion - Interstate Commerce Commission, Constitution Avenue between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Photographer

Boucher, Jack E.

Related names:

Brown, Arthur
Williams, Wheeler
McCartan, Edward
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Title
Close of the pedimented pavilion - Interstate Commerce Commission, Constitution Avenue between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Depicted place District of Columbia; District of Columbia; Washington
Date 1993
date QS:P571,+1993-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 7 in (17.7 cm); width: 5 in (12.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,7U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,5U218593
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS DC-871-3
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  • Significance: The Interstate Commerce Commission building was designed by Arthur Brown as part of his architectural ensemble facing Constitution Avenue that also included the Departmental Auditorium and the former Labor Department building. The Interstate Commerce Commission building is now occupied by the Environmental Protection Agency.

There are two pediments on the Constitution Avenue facade. The first includes a male figure leaning against a horse against a backdrop of sun rays and swirling clouds that represents "Commerce and Communication." The caduceus is a symbol of Mercury, mythology's wing-footed messenger and winged genii blow the trade winds from the corners of the pediment. The second features a reclining female figure with dolphins in each corner of the pediment. The female is resting against a hippopotamus and a seahorse and is intended to evoke energy for interstate commerce.

  • Survey number: HABS DC-871
  • Building/structure dates: 1936 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc1062.photos.573650p
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Object location38° 53′ 42″ N, 77° 02′ 12.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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