McKim, Mead, and White
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McKim, Mead, and White was the premier architectural firm in the eastern United States at the turn of the twentieth century. The firm consisted of Charles McKim, William Mead, and Stanford White. McKim and White studied under Henry Hobson Richardson before forming their own firm. They were associated with the City Beautiful and Beaux Arts movements, which aimed to clean up the visual confusion of American cities and imbue them with a sense of order and noble formality.
Their works include:
- Boston Public Library, Boston
- Rhode Island State House, Providence, Rhode Island
- Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island
- The second (of four) Madison Square Garden at Madison Square, New York City
- Pennsylvania Station, New York City, and the James Farley Post Office (often regarded as architectural twins)
- Pennsylvania Station, Newark, New Jersey
- Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, (1890)
- Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument, Brooklyn, New York
- The main building of the American Academy in Rome
- The Agricultural Building at the World Columbian Exposition (1893,Chicago, Illinois)
- Morgan Library, New York City
- Racquet and Tennis Club, New York City
- Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus: general design and individual buildings
- Hall of Fame for Great Americans at Bronx Community College (formerly New York University)
- The Garden City Hotel, Garden City, New York
- Rosecliff, Newport, Rhode Island
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
- University Club, New York City
- Century Club, New York City
- Levermore Hall, Blodgett Hall, and Woodruff Hall, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York
- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
- The Cable Building, 611 Broadway 1892, New York City
- The Boathouse, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York
- Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York
- Old Cabell Hall, Cocke Hall, and Rouss Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
- 998 Fifth Avenue, New York City
- The Manhattan Municipal Building, 1 Centre Street, New York City
- The West Wing of the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C.
- John F. Andrews Mansion, 32 Hereford Street, Boston, Massachusetts
- The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Metropolitan Club, 1 East 60th St, New York City
External links
- [Randall's Lost New York City] Cable Building is included as a special resource.
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