Editing James Smithson (section)

===Memorial===
[[File:1896JamesSmithsonGrave.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Smithson's gravestone in the Smithsonian Institution Castle]]
After the arrival of Smithson's remains, the Board of Regents asked Congress to fund a memorial. Artists and architects were solicited to create proposals for the monument. [[Augustus Saint-Gaudens]], [[Louis Saint-Gaudens]], [[Gutzon Borglum]], [[Totten & Rogers]], [[Henry Bacon]], and [[Hornblower & Marshall]] were some of the many artists and architectural firms who submitted proposals. The proposals varied in design, from elaborate monumental tombs that, if built, would have been bigger than the [[Lincoln Memorial]], to smaller monuments just outside the Smithsonian Castle. Congress decided not to fund the memorial. To accommodate the fact that the Smithsonian would have to fund the memorial, they used the design of [[Gutzon Borglum]], which suggested a remodel of the south tower room of the Smithsonian Castle to house the memorial surrounded by four [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] columns and a vaulted ceiling. Instead of the tower room, a smaller room (at the time it was the janitor's closet) at the north entrance would house an Italian-style [[sarcophagus]].<ref name=proper>{{cite web|last=Stamm|first=Richard E.|title=The Search for a Proper Memorial|url=http://www.si.edu/oahp/Smithsons%20Crypt/Smithson%20Memorial.html|work=Mr. Smithson Goes to Washington|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=7 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702025337/http://www.si.edu/oahp/Smithsons%20Crypt/Smithson%20Memorial.html|archive-date=2 July 2012}}</ref>

On 8 December 1904 the Italian crypt was shipped, in sixteen crates from Italy. It travelled on the same ship that the remains of Smithson travelled on. Architecture firm Hornblower & Marshall designed the mortuary chapel, which included marble [[laurel wreath]]s and a [[neo-classical architecture|neo-classical]] design. Smithson was entombed on 6 March 1905. His casket, which had been held in the Regent's Room, was placed into the ground underneath the crypt. This chapel was to serve as a temporary space for Smithson's remains until Congress approved a larger memorial. However, that never happened, and the remains of Smithson still lie there today.<ref name=Entomb>{{cite web|last=Stamm|first=Richard E.|title=Smithson's Crypt|url=http://www.si.edu/oahp/Smithsons%20Crypt/Smithsons%20Crypt.html|work=Mr. Smithson Goes to Washington|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=7 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702025351/http://www.si.edu/oahp/Smithsons%20Crypt/Smithsons%20Crypt.html|archive-date=2 July 2012}}</ref>