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McKim, Mead, and White was a prominent architectural firm
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 in the eastern United States at the turn of the twentieth century. The firm consisted of Charles McKim
Charles Follen McKim

Charles Follen McKim was one of the most prominent American Beaux-Arts architecture architects of the late nineteenth century. He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, August 24, 1847....
, William Mead, and 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....
. McKim and White studied under 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....
 before forming their own firm. They were associated with the City Beautiful
City Beautiful movement

The City Beautiful Movement was a Progressivism reform movement in North American architecture and urban planning that flourished in the 1890s and 1900s with the intent of using beauty and monumental grandeur in cities....
 and 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....
 movements, which aimed to clean up the visual confusion of American cities and imbue them with a sense of order and noble formality.


r works include:


ite being known for its Beaux-Arts architecture at the turn of the 20th century, the firm remained active into the 1960s under its original name and designed the prominent National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History

The National Museum of American History collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history....
 in Washington DC, one of the firm's last works, opening in 1964.






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McKim, Mead, and White was a prominent architectural firm
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 in the eastern United States at the turn of the twentieth century. The firm consisted of Charles McKim
Charles Follen McKim

Charles Follen McKim was one of the most prominent American Beaux-Arts architecture architects of the late nineteenth century. He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, August 24, 1847....
, William Mead, and 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....
. McKim and White studied under 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....
 before forming their own firm. They were associated with the City Beautiful
City Beautiful movement

The City Beautiful Movement was a Progressivism reform movement in North American architecture and urban planning that flourished in the 1890s and 1900s with the intent of using beauty and monumental grandeur in cities....
 and 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....
 movements, which aimed to clean up the visual confusion of American cities and imbue them with a sense of order and noble formality.

Columbia Low Plaza 3old
Rhode Island State Capitol (north Facade)
Penn Station1

Works

Their works include:
  • 110 Livingston Street
    110 Livingston Street

    File:WSTM Zefferus 0055.jpg110 Livingston Street is a Beaux-Arts architecture-style building located in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States....
    , Brooklyn
    Brooklyn

    Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
    , former Elks Lodge
    Elks Lodge

    Elks Lodge can refer to:...
    , and former headquarters of the New York City Department of Education
    New York City Department of Education

    The New York City Department of Education is the branch of municipal government in New York City that manages the city's public school system. These schools form the largest school system in the United States, with over 1.1 million students taught in more than 1,400 separate schools....
  • 998 Fifth Avenue, New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • The Agricultural Building at the World Columbian Exposition (1893,Chicago, Illinois)
  • Algonquin Club
    Algonquin Club

    The Algonquin Club of Boston is a private club in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1886 by a group including General Charles Taylor. Originally a men's business club, it is now open to men and women of all races, faiths, and nationalities....
    , Boston
  • American Academy in Rome
    American Academy in Rome

    The American Academy in Rome is a research and arts institution located on the Gianicolo in Rome. It was created in 1913 out of a merger between the American School of Architecture and the American School of Classical Studies in Rome ....
     (Main Building), Rome, Italy
  • Additions to the Bank of Montreal Head Office, Montreal
    Bank of Montreal Head Office, Montreal

    The Bank of Montreal's Head Office is located on Saint Jacques Street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, across the Place d'Armes from Notre-Dame de Montr?al Basilica....
  • Bellevue Hospital Center
    Bellevue Hospital Center

    Bellevue Hospital Center, founded in 1736, is the oldest public hospital in the United States. It is located in New York City and has been the site of countless milestones in the history of medicine....
    , New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • Boston Public Library
    Boston Public Library

    The Boston Public Library is the largest municipal public library in the United States. It was the first publicly supported municipal library in the United States, the first large library open to the public in the United States, and the first public library to allow people to borrow books and other materials and take them home to read and use...
    , Boston
  • Brooklyn Museum
    Brooklyn Museum

    The Brooklyn Museum, located at 200 Eastern Parkway , in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, is the second-largest art museum in New York City, and one of the largest in the United States....
    , Brooklyn, New York
  • Butler Institute of American Art
    Butler Institute of American Art

    The Butler Institute of American Art, located on Wick Avenue in Youngstown, Ohio, Ohio, United States, was the first museum dedicated exclusively to Visual arts of the United States....
    , Youngstown, Ohio
    Youngstown, Ohio

    Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, whose urban area also extends into Trumbull County, Ohio to a significant extent....
     (1919), on National Register of Historic Places
    National Register of Historic Places

    The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
  • The Cable Building, 611 Broadway 1892, New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • Century Club
    Century Club

    Century Club may refer to:*Centurion , a variation of the drinking game known as Power Hour*The Century Association, a prominent private authors and artists club, with its own building, in New York City....
    , New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • 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....
    's Morningside Heights campus: general design and individual buildings including Low Memorial Library
    Low Memorial Library

    The Low Memorial Library is the administrative center of Columbia University. Built in 1895 by University President Seth Low in memory of his father, Abiel Abbot Low, and financed with $1 million of Low's own money due to the recalcitrance of university alumni, it is the focal point and most prominent building on the university's Morningside...
    , Philosophy Hall
    Philosophy Hall

    Philosophy Hall is a building on the campus of Columbia University in New York City. It houses the English, Philosophy, and French departments, along with the university's writing center, part of its registrar's office, and the student lounge of its Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences....
    , John Jay Hall
    John Jay Hall

    John Jay Hall is a 15-story building located on the southeastern extremity of the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University in the New York City, on the northwestern corner of 114th St....
    , Hamilton Hall
    Hamilton Hall (Columbia University)

    Hamilton Hall is an academic building on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University in the New York City . It is home to the university's highly selective undergraduate arts and sciences school, Columbia College of Columbia University ....
  • Cyrus McCormick
    Cyrus McCormick

    Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. of Rockbridge County, Virginia was an United States inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became part of International Harvester in 1902....
     summer estate, shingle-style Richfield Springs, New York
    Richfield Springs, New York

    Richfield Springs is a village located in the Richfield, New York, on the north-central border of Otsego County, New York. The population was 1,255 at the 2000 census....
     (1882; razed 1957)
  • Faunce House (then Rockefeller Hall), Brown University
    Brown University

    Brown University is a private university university located in , United States and is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1764 as the College of Rhode Island, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in New England and Colonial Colleges in the United States....
    , Providence, Rhode Island
    Providence, Rhode Island

    Providence is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, and one of the first cities established in the United States....
     (1904)
  • Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College
    Amherst College

    Amherst College is a private university Liberal arts colleges in the United States in Amherst, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1821, it is the third oldest college in List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts, and has been coeducational since 1975....
    , Amherst, Massachusetts
    Amherst, Massachusetts

    Amherst is a New England town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States in the Connecticut River valley. As of the 2000 census, the population was 34,874....
    , (1890)
  • First Methodist Episcopal Church, Lovely Lane United Methodist Church, Baltimore, Maryland
    Baltimore, Maryland

    Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland in the United States. Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay....
    , (1884)
  • Dietrich Hall, now Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, University of Pennsylvania
    University of Pennsylvania

    The University of Pennsylvania is a private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is America's first university and is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States....
    , 1952
  • Garden City Hotel
    Garden City Hotel

    The Garden City Hotel is a four-star hotel in Garden City, New York , and the only four-star hotel on Long Island, New York. The first incarnation was built in 1874 by A.T....
    , Garden City, New York
    Garden City, New York

    Garden City is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Village in central Nassau County, New York, New York, in the United States, which was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869....
  • Grand Army Plaza
    Grand Army Plaza

    Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York is an 11-acre oval plaza that forms the main entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1867....
    , Brooklyn, New York
  • Harvard Club of New York
    Harvard Club of New York

    The Harvard Club of New York, incorporated in 1887, is housed in adjoining lots at 27 West 44th Street and 35 West 44th Street. It was designed in red brick Georgian Revival architecture by Charles Follen McKim of McKim, Mead, and White in 1884....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • Hall of Fame for Great Americans
    Hall of Fame for Great Americans

    The Hall of Fame for Great Americans, is the original "Hall of Fame" in the United States. "Fame" here means "renown" . Its originator, Chancellor Henry Mitchell MacCracken, acknowledged inspiration from the Ruhmeshalle in Munich....
     at Bronx Community College
    Bronx Community College

    The Bronx Community College of The City University of New York is a community college in the City University of New York system located in the University Heights, Bronx neighborhood of The Bronx....
     (formerly New York University
    New York University

    New York University is a private university, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan....
    )
  • Harbor Hill
    Harbor Hill

    Harbor Hill was a spectacular Long Island, New York mansion built from 1899-1902 in Roslyn, New York, commissioned by Clarence Hungerford Mackay....
     on Long Island, New York, built 1899-1902, destroyed 1947.
  • Hill-Stead, estate of Alfred Atmore Pope, designed in collaboration with Theodate Pope Riddle
    Theodate Pope Riddle

    Theodate Pope Riddle was a well-known American architect.Born Effie Brooks Pope in Salem, Ohio, she was the only child of industrialist and art collector Alfred Atmore Pope and his wife Ada Lunette Brooks....
    , Farmington, Connecticut
    Farmington, Connecticut

    Farmington is a town located in Hartford County in central Connecticut in the United States. The population was 23,641 at the 2000 United States Census....
  • Hotel Pennsylvania
    Hotel Pennsylvania

    The Hotel Pennsylvania is a hotel located at 401 7th Avenue in Manhattan, across the street from Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden in New York City....
    , New York, New York (1919)
  • Isaac Bell House
    Isaac Bell House

    The Isaac Bell House, also known as Edna Villa, one of the famous Gilded Age Newport summer cottages in Newport, Rhode Island was the summer resort of choice for America's wealthiest families....
    , Newport, Rhode Island
    Newport, Rhode Island

    Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles south of Providence, Rhode Island....
  • Johnston Gate
    Johnston Gate

    Completed in 1889, and built in the Georgian architecture style, Johnston Gate is one of many entrances of Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts ....
    , Harvard University
    Harvard University

    Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
    , Cambridge
    Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England....
     MA.
  • John Howard Whittemore House Naugatuck, Connecticut
    Naugatuck, Connecticut

    Naugatuck is a consolidated town and borough in New Haven County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 30,989 at the 2000 United States Census....
     (1880s)
  • James Farley Post Office
    James Farley Post Office

    The James A. Farley Building, is the main post office building in New York City. Its zip code designation is 10001, and it is the only post office in the city that is open 24 hours, 7 days a week....
     (often regarded as the architectural twin of New York City’s Pennsylvania Station)
  • John F. Andrews Mansion, 32 Hereford Street, Boston, Massachusetts
    Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
  • Kingscote (mansion)
    Kingscote (mansion)

    Kingscote is a Gothic Revival house museum in Newport, Rhode Island built in 1839. Kingscote was one of the first mansions or summer "cottages" constructed in Newport and currently, the Preservation Society of Newport County owns the house museum....
    , Newport, Rhode Island
    Newport, Rhode Island

    Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles south of Providence, Rhode Island....
     mansion
  • Levermore Hall, Blodgett Hall, and Woodruff Hall, Adelphi University
    Adelphi University

    Adelphi University is a private, nonsectarian university located in Garden City, New York, in Nassau County, New York. A nationally accredited school, it is the oldest institution of higher learning on Long Island....
    , Garden City, New York
    Garden City, New York

    Garden City is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Village in central Nassau County, New York, New York, in the United States, which was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869....
  • Liggett Hall, Governors Island
    Governors Island

    Governors Island is a 172-acre island in Upper New York Bay, approximately one-half mile from the southern tip of Manhattan Island and separated from Brooklyn by Buttermilk Channel....
    , New York
  • Lullwater Bridge, Prospect Park
    Prospect Park (Brooklyn)

    Prospect Park is a 585-acre public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn located between Park Slope, Brooklyn, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, Kensington, Brooklyn, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn and Flatbush Avenue, Grand Army Plaza and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden....
    , Brooklyn
    Brooklyn

    Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • Madison Square Garden
    Madison Square Garden

    Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City....
     II at Madison Square
    Madison Square

    Madison Square is formed by the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The square was named for James Madison, fourth President of the United States and the principal author of the American Constitution of the United States....
    , New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
     (the second of four buildings known by this name)
  • The Manhattan Municipal Building
    Manhattan Municipal Building

    The Manhattan Municipal Building, at 1 Centre Street in New York City, is a 40-story building built to accommodate increased governmental space demands after the 1898 consolidation of The Five Boroughs....
    , 1 Centre Street, New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • Maryland Monument, Lookout Hill, Prospect Park
    Prospect Park (Brooklyn)

    Prospect Park is a 585-acre public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn located between Park Slope, Brooklyn, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, Kensington, Brooklyn, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn and Flatbush Avenue, Grand Army Plaza and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden....
    , Brooklyn
    Brooklyn

    Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • Memorial Chapel
    Memorial Chapel

    Memorial Chapel was built in memory of the 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia victims from the city of Ni?. The chapel was built by the City government of Ni?, and it is situated on Sumatovacka Street near Ni? Fortress and Banovina palace, currently seat of the University of Ni?....
    , Union College, Schenectady, New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • Metropolitan Club
    Metropolitan Club

    The Metropolitan Club is a private social club in New York City. It was formed in 1891, by J.P. Morgan as a kind of protest against the special tendencies into which many of the clubs had been falling for the previous fifteen years....
    , 1 East 60th St, New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • Morgan Library
    Morgan Library

    The Morgan Library & Museum is a museum and research library in New York City. It was founded to house the private library of J. P. Morgan in 1906, which included, besides the manuscripts and printed books, some of them in rare bindings, his collection of prints and drawings....
    , New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • Milwaukee County Courthouse
    Milwaukee County Courthouse

    The Milwaukee County Courthouse is a high-rise municipal building located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Completed in 1931, it is the third county courthouse built in the city and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places....
    , Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and List of United States cities by population in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan....
     (1931)
  • The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
    Minneapolis Institute of Arts

    The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is an encyclopedic fine art museum located in the Whittier, Minneapolis neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota on a campus that covers nearly 8 acres which was formerly Morrison Park....
    , Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Narragansett Pier Casino, Narragansett, Rhode Island
  • National McKinley Birthplace Memorial
    National McKinley Birthplace Memorial

    The National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Library and Museum is the national memorial to President William McKinley located in Niles, Ohio. Also known as the McKinley Memorial Library, Museum & Birthplace Home, the Memorial is a 232 foot by 136 foot by 38 foot marble monument with two wings....
     Library and Museum, Niles, Ohio
    Niles, Ohio

    Niles is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The city's population was 20,932 at the United States Census 2000. It is part of the Youngstown, Ohio-Warren, Ohio-Boardman, Ohio, OH-Pennsylvania Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Area....
  • Naugatuck High School
    Naugatuck High School

    Naugatuck High School is a high school in Naugatuck, Connecticut, New Haven County, Connecticut, Connecticut. The school principal is Francis Serratore....
     Naugatuck, Connecticut
    Naugatuck, Connecticut

    Naugatuck is a consolidated town and borough in New Haven County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 30,989 at the 2000 United States Census....
     (1904); (Hillside Middle School since 1959)
  • New York Life Insurance Building
    New York Life Insurance Building (Kansas City)

    Built in 1890, the New York Life Building was the first highrise building in Kansas City, Missouri and the first to have elevators. It was one of six buildings built by New York Life Insurance across the United States....
    , Kansas City, Missouri
    Kansas City, Missouri

    Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson County, Missouri, Clay County, Missouri, Cass County, Missouri, and Platte County, Missouri counties....
     (1890)
  • Newport Casino
    Newport Casino

    The Newport Casino is located at 186-202 Bellevue Avenue Historic District, Newport, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, United States. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on February 27, 1987....
    , Newport, Rhode Island
    Newport, Rhode Island

    Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles south of Providence, Rhode Island....
  • Omaha Building, Omaha, Nebraska
    Omaha, Nebraska

    Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County, Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River....
     (originally the New York Life Building)
  • Old Cabell Hall, Cocke Hall, and Rouss Hall, University of Virginia
    University of Virginia

    The University of Virginia is a public university research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson. Conceived by 1800 and established in 1819, it is the only university in the United States to be designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, an honor it shares with nearby Monticello....
    , Charlottesville
  • Olin memorial library, Wesleyan University
    Wesleyan University

    Wesleyan University is a private university Liberal arts colleges in the United States founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut, Connecticut....
    , Middletown, Connecticut
    Middletown, Connecticut

    Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the south-central part of the state, 16 miles south of Hartford, Connecticut....
  • Open Gates, George Sealy Mansion, Galveston, Texas
    Galveston, Texas

    Galveston is a city in and county seat of Galveston County, Texas located on Galveston Island on the Gulf Coast of the United States in the U.S....
  • Parade Place, Lookout Hill, Prospect Park
    Prospect Park (Brooklyn)

    Prospect Park is a 585-acre public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn located between Park Slope, Brooklyn, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, Kensington, Brooklyn, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn and Flatbush Avenue, Grand Army Plaza and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden....
    , Brooklyn
    Brooklyn

    Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • Park Circle granite fixtures, Prospect Park
    Prospect Park (Brooklyn)

    Prospect Park is a 585-acre public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn located between Park Slope, Brooklyn, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, Kensington, Brooklyn, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn and Flatbush Avenue, Grand Army Plaza and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden....
    , Brooklyn
    Brooklyn

    Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • Pennsylvania Station
    Pennsylvania Station (Newark)

    Pennsylvania Station in Newark, New Jersey is a railroad/subway/bus transportation hub. It is larger than the city's two other main train stations: Newark Liberty International Airport and Broad Street Station ....
    , Newark, New Jersey
    Newark, New Jersey

    Newark is the largest City in New Jersey, and the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey. Newark has a population of 281,402, making it not only List of Municipalities in New Jersey but also the 65th List of United States cities by population Newark is also home to major corporations, such as Prudential Financial....
  • Pennsylvania Station
    Pennsylvania Station (New York City)

    Pennsylvania Station—commonly known as Penn Station—is the major intercity train station and a major commuter rail hub in New York City....
    , New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
     (above-ground structure destroyed in 1965)
  • Peoples State Bank, Detroit, Michigan
    Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
  • Peristyle
    Peristyle

    In Architecture of ancient Greece and Roman architecture a peristyle is a columned porch or open colonnade in a building that surrounds a court that may contain an internal garden....
    , Prospect Park
    Prospect Park (Brooklyn)

    Prospect Park is a 585-acre public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn located between Park Slope, Brooklyn, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, Kensington, Brooklyn, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn and Flatbush Avenue, Grand Army Plaza and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden....
    , Brooklyn
    Brooklyn

    Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • Plymouth Rock
    Plymouth Rock

    Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620, in what would become the United States....
     portico
    Portico

    A portico is a porch that is leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls....
    , Plymouth, Massachusetts
  • Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument
    Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument

    The Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument is erected in Fort Greene Park, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, consisting of a -wide granite staircase and a central Doric column in height....
    , Brooklyn, New York
  • Racquet and Tennis Club
    Racquet and Tennis Club

    The Racquet and Tennis Club is located at 370 Park Avenue , between East 52nd and 53rd Streets, New York City....
    , New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • Reid Hall
    Reid Hall

    Reid Hall is a complex of academic facilities owned and operated by Columbia University that is located in the St. Germain des Pr?s district of Paris, France....
    , Manhattanville College
    Manhattanville College

    Manhattanville College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college offering undergraduate and graduate degrees, located in Purchase, New York, New York, USA....
    , Purchase, NY
  • Rhode Island State House
    Rhode Island State House

    The Rhode Island State House is the List of state capitols in the United States of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Located in the downtown area of the state capital of Providence, Rhode Island, the State House is a Neoclassical architecture building that houses the Rhode Island General Assembly and the offices of the governor of Rhode Island...
    , Providence, Rhode Island
    Providence, Rhode Island

    Providence is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, and one of the first cities established in the United States....
  • Roosevelt Hall
    Roosevelt Hall (National War College)

    Roosevelt Hall is an immense Beaux Arts architecture-style building housing the National War College on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC, USA....
    , Army War College (now National War College
    National War College

    The National War College of the United States is a school in the National Defense University. It is housed in Roosevelt Hall on Fort Lesley J....
    ), Fort McNair, Washington, DC, 1907
  • Rosecliff
    Rosecliff

    Rosecliff, built 1898-1902, is one of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a museum.It was built by Theresa Fair Oelrichs, a silver heiress from Nevada, whose father James G....
    , Newport, Rhode Island
    Newport, Rhode Island

    Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles south of Providence, Rhode Island....
  • Savoy-Plaza Hotel, New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • Salem School Naugatuck, Connecticut
    Naugatuck, Connecticut

    Naugatuck is a consolidated town and borough in New Haven County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 30,989 at the 2000 United States Census....
    (1884)
  • Schenectady City Hall, Schenectady, NY
  • Searles Castle (Massachusetts)
    Searles Castle (Massachusetts)

    The Searles Castle is a romantically imagined castle-style house in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Built in the 1880s, and in the French chateau-style, it has seven stories and includes a "dungeon" basement....
    , Great Barrington, Massachusetts
    Great Barrington, Massachusetts

    Great Barrington is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • University Club of New York, New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • University Cottage Club
    University Cottage Club

    The University Cottage Club is one of the ten Eating club at Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. It is also one of the five bicker clubs, along with The Ivy Club, Tiger Inn, Cap and Gown Club, and Tower Club....
     Princeton University
    Princeton University

    Princeton University is a private university university located in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and has the largest per-student Financial endowment in the world....
    , Princeton, New Jersey
    Princeton, New Jersey

    Princeton, New Jersey is located in Mercer County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Princeton University has been sited in the town since 1756....
  • Villard Houses
    Villard Houses

    The Villard Houses are located at 451 Madison Avenue in the Manhattan Borough of New York City between 50th and 51st Street . The building was constructed in 1884, designed by the architecture firm McKim, Mead and White three years after they started their company....
    , 451 Madison Avenue, New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • West End Collegiate Church
    West End Collegiate Church

    The West End Collegiate Church is a church on West End Avenue on Manhattan's Upper West Side. It is part of The Collegiate Reformed Church in America in the City of New York, the oldest Protestant church with a continuing organization in America....
    , West End Avenue
    West End Avenue

    West End Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, not far from the Hudson River.West End Avenue originates at West 59th Street , the continuation of the street below 59th Street is called Eleventh Avenue ....
    , Manhattan
    Manhattan

    Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
    , 1892
  • Whittemore Memorial Library Naugatuck, Connecticut
    Naugatuck, Connecticut

    Naugatuck is a consolidated town and borough in New Haven County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 30,989 at the 2000 United States Census....
     (1894)
  • Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College
    Bowdoin College

    Bowdoin College , founded in 1794, is a private Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in the coastal New England town of Brunswick, Maine, Maine....
    , Brunswick, Maine, (1894)
  • Washington Arch, Washington Square Park
    Washington Square Park

    Washington Square Park is one of the best-known of New York City's List of New York City parks. At 9.75 acres , it is a landmark in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village, as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity....
    , New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • The West Wing
    West Wing

    The West Wing is the building housing the official offices of the President of the United States. It is the part of the White House Complex in which the Oval Office, the Cabinet Room, the White House Situation Room, and also the famous Roosevelt Room are located....
     and East Wing of the White House
    White House

    The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian architecture and has been the executive residence of every U.S....
    , 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
    1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

    1600 Pennsylvania Avenue may refer to:* 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue , a 1976 musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner...
    , Washington D.C. - 1903
  • The of the Theodore Roosevelt White House
    White House

    The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian architecture and has been the executive residence of every U.S....
    , 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
    1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

    1600 Pennsylvania Avenue may refer to:* 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue , a 1976 musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner...
    , Washington D.C. in 1903.
  • English Building, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public university research university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Illinois system....
    , Champaign, Illinois
    Champaign, Illinois

    Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, Illinois, in the United States. The city is located south of Chicago and west of Indianapolis, Indiana....


Noted architects who once worked at the firm

  • William M. Whidden
    William M. Whidden

    William Marcy Whidden was a founding member of Whidden & Lewis, a prominent architectural firm in Portland, Oregon, Oregon, United States....
     (1857-1929) worked at the firm from at least 1882 until 1888. Projects included the Tacoma and Portland Hotels. Whidden relcated to Portland, Oregon, in 1888 to finish the hotel and establised his own firm with Ion Lewis (1858-1933).
  • Harrie Thomas Lindeberg - started at the firm in 1895 as an assistant to Stanford White and remained with the firm until White's death in 1906.
  • Lewis Colt Albro - who later partnered briefly with Lindeberg for several commissions.
  • William Alciphron Boring
    William A. Boring

    William Alciphron Boring was an American architect noted for codesigning the Immigration Station at Ellis Island in New York Harbor.Boring studied first at the University of Illinois, then spent an additional year as a student at Columbia University....
     - worked at the firm in 1890 before forming a separate partnership with Tilton.
  • Charles Lewis Bowman
    Charles Lewis Bowman

    Charles Lewis Bowman was an American architect.Born in New York City December 9, 1890 but raised in Mount Vernon, New York he graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York with both his Bachelors and Master's degree in architecture....
     - a draftsman at the firm, noted for his large volume of private residences concentrated in Eastchester, New York, worked for the firm until 1922.
  • Walker O. Cain
    Walker O. Cain

    Walker O. Cain was a prize winning American architect.Cain was born in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Case Western Reserve University for five years ....
     - worked at the firm then took it over and renamed it (starting 1961) several times.
  • Edward Lippincott Tilton - assisted with the design of the Boston public library in 1890 before leaving with Boring to form a separate firm.


McKim, Mead & White in the Mid-20th Century

Despite being known for its Beaux-Arts architecture at the turn of the 20th century, the firm remained active into the 1960s under its original name and designed the prominent National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History

The National Museum of American History collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history....
 in Washington DC, one of the firm's last works, opening in 1964. McKim Mead & White was also involved with an urban renewal
Urban renewal

File:Melbourne docklands urban renewal.jpgUrban renewal is a program of land re-development in areas of moderate to high density urban land use....
 project at Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute is a specialized, private college in New York City with campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn, as well as in Utica, New York. Pratt is one of the leading art schools in the United States and offers programs in art, architecture, fashion design, illustration, interior design, digital arts, creative writing, library science, and o...
 in Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
 in the 1950s and designed three buildings as part of the project: DeKalb Hall, ISC Building and North Hall . In 1961, McKim, Mead & White was succeeded by the firm Steinman, Cain, and White. By 1971 it had become Walker O. Cain and Associates..

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