- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP), Arts Programs
- Completed:
- 1938
- Artist:
- Erwin Springweiler
- Contractor:
- Lombard & Ludwig
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Erwin Springweiler designed the sculptures of elephants and mammoths above the interior doors in the Elephant House at National Zoo.
The actual carving was done by Lombard & Ludwig, architectural sculptors, during construction of the Elephant House in 1936-37.
These works were paid for by the Treasury Relief Arts Project (TRAP).
Source notes
Virginia Price, Historic American Building Survey, National Zoological Park Elephant House, HABS No. DC-777-C, c. 2006. Washington DC: National Park Service.
Site originally submitted by Richard A Walker on January 7, 2020.
At this Location:
- National Zoo: Elephant House - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Small Mammal House - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Mortellito Murals (Lost) - Washington DC
- National Zoo: New Exhibit Areas - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Harvard Street Entrance - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Mane Cafe - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Machine and Carpentry Shops Building - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Additions and Improvements - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Bird House Addition - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Knight Bas-Reliefs - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Mortellito Bas Reliefs - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Springweiler Sculpture - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Warneke Sculpture - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Fulda/Mortellito Bas-Reliefs - Washington DC
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