Recorder of Deeds Building: Portraits – Washington DC

Velma Buckner, WPA artist, Washington, DC, ca. 1935-1939

In 1936, three WPA artists—Henry Wadsworth Moore, Velma Buckner, and Alan Flavelle—painted portraits of 11 former Washington, DC Recorders of Deeds, for placement in the Recorders’ office space at 412 D Street NW.  When the new Recorder of Deeds Building… read more

Recorder of Deeds Building: Scott Mural – Washington DC

“Although the ROD Building was a municipal building, the District of Columbia’s peculiar sovereignty status required that the federal government approve its construction, and that the Treasury Department Section of Fine Art play a major role in its art program…… read more

Recorder of Deeds Building: Levit Mural – Washington DC

"Crispus Attucks"

“Although the ROD Building was a municipal building, the District of Columbia’s peculiar sovereignty status required that the federal government approve its construction, and that the Treasury Department Section of Fine Art play a major role in its art program…… read more

Recorder of Deeds Building: Lopez Mural – Washington DC

"The Death of Colonel Shaw at Fort Wagner"

“Although the ROD Building was a municipal building, the District of Columbia’s peculiar sovereignty status required that the federal government approve its construction, and that the Treasury Department Section of Fine Art play a major role in its art program…… read more