He designed additions to the Tate Gallery and British Museum in London, an unusual honor for an American architect, and the War Memorial at Montfauçon, France. Pope was also responsible for extensive alterations to Belcourt, the Newport residence of Oliver and Alva Belmont. The Georgian Revival residence he built in 1919 for Thomas H. Frothingham in Far Hills, New Jersey has been adapted as the United States Golf Association Museum.[5]
Pope was a member of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts from 1912 to 1922, serving as vice chairman from 1921 to 1922. He also served on the Board of Architectural Consultants for the Federal Triangle complex in Washington, D.C.[6]
Legacy[edit]
A 1991 exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, John Russell Pope and the Building of the National Gallery of Art, spurred the reappraisal of his work. For some time, it had been scorned and derided by many critics influenced by International Modernism.
Selected works[edit]
- 1911–1915: House of the Temple, Washington, D.C.
- 1914–1916: Charlcote House, Baltimore, Maryland
- 1916–1919: Branch House, Richmond, Virginia
- 1919: Union Station(now the Virginia Science Museum), Richmond, Virginia
- 1926: University Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1927: Huntington Mausoleum, San Marino, California
- 1927–1928: Woodend, Chevy Chase, Maryland
- 1927–1929: Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
- 1927±: Skylands Manor, Ringwood, New Jersey (currently the NJ Botanical Garden)
- 1928: Hartwick College (Bresee Hall), Oneonta, New York
- 1929: Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.
- 1930: National City Christian Church, Washington, D.C.
- 1931: Chapter House, Alpha Delta Phi, Cornell University
- 1931–1938 The Elgin Gallery, British Museum, London
- 1933–1935: National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
- 1938–1941: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- 1939–1942: Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C.
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