Charles Follen McKim

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Charles Follen McKim

Charles Follen McKim (August 24, 1847–September 14, 1909) was one of the most prominent American Beaux-Arts

Beaux-Arts architecture

Beaux-Arts architecture denotes the academic Neoclassical architecture architectural style that was taught at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris....
architect

Architect

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s of the late nineteenth century. He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania

Chester County, Pennsylvania

Chester County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2000, the population was 433,501. The county seat is West Chester, Pennsylvania....
, August 24, 1847. Along with Stanford White

Stanford White

Stanford White was an United States architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts architecture firms....
, he provided the architectural expertise as a member of the partnership McKim, Mead, and White

McKim, Mead, and White

McKim, Mead, and White was a prominent architect in the eastern United States at the turn of the twentieth century. The firm consisted of Charles Follen McKim, William Mead, and Stanford White....
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Charles Follen Mckim By Frances Benjamin Johnston

Charles Follen McKim (August 24, 1847–September 14, 1909) was one of the most prominent American Beaux-Arts

Beaux-Arts architecture

Beaux-Arts architecture denotes the academic Neoclassical architecture architectural style that was taught at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris....
architect

Architect

Chester County, Pennsylvania

Stanford White

McKim, Mead, and White

Charles Follen

Charles Follen was a Germans poet and patriot, who later moved to the United States and became the first professor of German at Harvard University, a Unitarianism minister, and a radical abolitionist....
, noted abolitionist

Abolitionism

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and Unitarian

Unitarianism

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minister.

McKim studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts

École des Beaux-Arts

?cole des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the Rive Gauche in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6?me arrondissement, Paris....
in Paris

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before joining the office of Henry Hobson Richardson

Henry Hobson Richardson

Henry Hobson Richardson was a prominent United States architect of the 19th century whose work left a significant impact on Boston, Pittsburgh, Albany, New York and Chicago, among others....
in 1870. McKim formed his own firm in partnership with William Rutherford Mead

William Rutherford Mead

William Rutherford Mead was an United States engineer, a part of the McKim, Mead, and White firm.He was born in Brattleboro, Vermont. His sister, Elinor, later married novelist William Dean Howells, and his younger brother Larkin Goldsmith Mead became a sculptor....
, joined in 1877 by fellow Richardson protegé Stanford White

Stanford White

Stanford White was an United States architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts architecture firms....
. For ten years, the firm was primarily known for their open-plan informal summer houses. McKim became best known, however, as an exponent of Beaux-Arts architecture in styles that exemplified the American Renaissance

American Renaissance

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, exemplified by the Boston Public Library

Boston Public Library

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(1887), and several works in New York City

New York City

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: the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University

Columbia University

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(1893), the University Club of New York (1899), the Pierpont Morgan Library (1903), New York Penn Station (1904–10), and The Butler Institute of American Art

Butler Institute of American Art

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in Youngstown, Ohio

Youngstown, Ohio

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(1919).

McKim received numerous awards during his lifetime, including the Medaille d'Or at the 1900 Paris Exposition

Exposition Universelle (1900)

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, a gold medal from Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Edward VII of the United Kingdom

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, and honorary doctorates from the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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and Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
. He was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects

American Institute of Architects

The American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image....
in 1877, and received the AIA's gold medal, posthumously, in 1909.

Charles Follen McKim

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