Hornblower & Marshall was a Washington, D.C.-based architectural firm that was a partnership between Joseph Coerten Hornblower (1848-1908) and James Rush Marshall (1851-1927). The firm designed numerous substantial government and other buildings, a number of which have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

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For example, the partnership won a competition with its design for the monumental, Beaux-arts style U.S. Custom House

U.S. Custom House (Baltimore, Maryland)

U.S. Custom House is a historic custom house building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a granite, steel frame structure measuring 252 feet, 8 inches by 139 feet 6 inches. It is an exceptionally distinguished example of Beaux Arts architecture and was built from 1903...

 of Baltimore, Maryland, that was built in 1903 and which served as a Custom House until 1953.

Other works by the firm include:

• Engine Company 23, 2119 G, NW., Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed
• Fraser Mansion
  Fraser Mansion
  The Fraser Mansion is a building at 1701 20th Street NW, at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue, 20th Street, and R Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Since its construction in 1890, the mansion has served as a private residence, a restaurant, a boarding house, and...
  
  , completed in 1890, 1701 20th St., NW., Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed, a brick and pink granite
• Samuel Hill House, 814 E. Highland Dr., Seattle, Washington, NRHP-listed
• Lothrop Mansion
  Lothrop Mansion
  The Lothrop Mansion, also known as the Alvin Mason Lothrop House, is an historic home, located at 2001 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Kalorama neighborhood.It serves as offices for the Russian Trade Representative.-History:...
  
  , 2001 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed
• Maryhill
  Maryhill
  Maryhill is an area of the City of Glasgow in Scotland. Maryhill is a former burgh. The population of Maryhill is about 52,000. Maryhill stretches over along Maryhill Road...
  
  , SW of Goldendale on U.S. 197, Goldendale, Washington]], NRHP-listed
• Duncan Phillips House, 1600--1614 21st St., NW., Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed
• U.S. Custom House, 40 S. Gay St., Baltimore, Maryland, NRHP-listed
• U.S. Marine Corps Barracks and Commandant's House, 8th and I Sts., SE, Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed
• National Museum of Natural History
  National Museum of Natural History
  The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. Admission is free and the museum is open 364 days a year....
  
  

The Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...

holds the largest collection of Hornblower & Marshall documents.

External links

• Smithsonian Institution search results on Hornblower+Marshall