![National Gallery of Art on Twitter: "Andrew Mellon selected architect John Russell Pope to design the Gallery and construction began in 1937. Pope designed a neoclassical building with entrances on all four National Gallery of Art on Twitter: "Andrew Mellon selected architect John Russell Pope to design the Gallery and construction began in 1937. Pope designed a neoclassical building with entrances on all four](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGTDw5dWsAAc8LQ.jpg)
National Gallery of Art on Twitter: "Andrew Mellon selected architect John Russell Pope to design the Gallery and construction began in 1937. Pope designed a neoclassical building with entrances on all four
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Sidebar: John Russell Pope—Architect of the House of the Temple - Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, S.J., U.S.A.
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