Collection: Renwick papers | The Athenaeum of Philadelphia

Scope and Contents

This collection includes one box of drawings, correspondence, ephemera, and photographs primarily of James Renwick Sr., but also of James Renwick Jr..

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found in 1827-1905

Biographical / Historical

James Renwick (1790-1863) was an English-American scientist and engineer. He was a professor of natural philosophy at Columbua College from 1820 to 1854. Renwick was a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy for the Arts and Sciences. His son, James Renwick Jr. (1818-1895), was an architect known for designing churches and museums, including the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, D.C. and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.