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United States Military Academy at West Point

From 1903 to 1910, Lee Lawrie worked with Bertram Goodhue on military academy buildings, from Thayer Hall to the cadet barracks.

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United States Military Academy at West Point

West Point, New York · 1903–1910

From 1903 to 1910, Lee Lawrie worked with Bertram Goodhue on a succession of major buildings for the United States Military Academy at West Point. His contributions ranged from the fireplace shown here to the eagle on Thayer Hall and a broad programme of ornament for the cadet barracks.

The barracks grotesques brought a deliberate streak of humour to the military setting. Conceived as cartoonish figures drawn from the history of military dress, they turn uniform, helmet and armour into compact architectural caricatures.

West Point, New York · 1903–1910

Sculpture for the Academy

Archival document of Buffalo Commercial report on the cadet-barracks grotesques, 1906, from Lee Lawrie’s West Point, New York · 1903–1910 collection. — Buffalo Commercial report on the cadet-barracks grotesques, 1906

Photograph of Grotesque relief studies for the cadet barracks, from Lee Lawrie’s West Point, New York · 1903–1910 collection. — Grotesque relief studies for the cadet barracks

Photograph of Cadet head, archival photograph, from Lee Lawrie’s West Point, New York · 1903–1910 collection. — Cadet head, archival photograph

Photograph of Eagle on Thayer Hall, archival photograph, from Lee Lawrie’s West Point, New York · 1903–1910 collection. — Eagle on Thayer Hall, archival photograph

Archival document of Archival correspondence on West Point work, from Lee Lawrie’s West Point, New York · 1903–1910 collection. — Archival correspondence on West Point work

Photograph of Archive board showing grotesque reliefs, from Lee Lawrie’s West Point, New York · 1903–1910 collection. — Archive board showing grotesque reliefs

Photograph of Cadet barracks interior, archival photograph, from Lee Lawrie’s West Point, New York · 1903–1910 collection. — Cadet barracks interior, archival photograph