CLOSE UP: Steel Beams- Renaissance Court Construction. WAM

Steel Beams- Renaissance Court, Worcester Art Museum. 1930's

     In the early 20th Century, the Carnegie Steel Company was a major industrial force in the United States, a veritable Goliath. Carnegie's only able competition was their Pittsburgh neighbor, the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. When the Worcester Art Museum added the Renaissance Court building in the early 1930's, contractors used steel beams from both rival companies in it's construction. For what it's worth, the Carnegie beams seem to have endured the subsequent 80 years slightly better.

Then and Now: Salisbury Street Facade (1933 Addition)- Worcester Art Museum, 1940 and 2014

Salisbury Street Facade- Worcester Art Museum, 1940 and 2014

Then and Now: 

Salisbury Street Facade (1933 Addition)- 

Worcester Art Museum

1940 and 2014 

by Travis Simpkins

Salisbury Street Facade (1933 Addition)- Worcester Art Museum, 1940

Salisbury Street Facade (1933 Addition)- Worcester Art Museum, 2014

Then and Now: Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 1933 and 2014

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 1933 and 2014

Then and Now: 

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum

1933 and 2014 

by Travis Simpkins

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 1933

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 2014

Then and Now: Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 1933 and 2013

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 1933 and 2013

Then and Now: 

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum 

1933 and 2013 

by 

Travis Simpkins

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 1933

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 2013

Then and Now: Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 1933 and 2013

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 1933 and 2013

Then and Now: 

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum

1933 and 2013 

by 

Travis Simpkins 

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 1933

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 2013

Then and Now: 12th Century Chapter House- Worcester Art Museum, 1933 and 2013

12th Century Chapter House- Worcester Art Museum, 1933 and 2013

Then and Now: 

12th Century Chapter House- Worcester Art Museum

1933 and 2013 

by

Travis Simpkins

12th Century Chapter House- Worcester Art Museum, 1933

12th Century Chapter House- Worcester Art Museum, 2013

Then and Now: Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 1933 and 2013

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 1933 and 2013

Then and Now: 

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum 

1933 and 2013 

by

Travis Simpkins

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 1933

Renaissance Court- Worcester Art Museum, 2013