Columbia University Low Memorial Library

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Beaux-Arts building academic library building landmark university administration building

Columbia University Low Memorial Library is a monumental Beaux-Arts building on Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus that serves as an iconic architectural centerpiece and former main library of the university.

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Label	Occurrences
Buildings at Columbia University	1
Columbia University Low Memorial Library canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Beaux-Arts building ⓘ academic library building ⓘ landmark ⓘ university administration building ⓘ
architect	Charles Follen McKim ⓘ
architecturalFirm	McKim, Mead & White ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Beaux-Arts ⓘ
campus	Morningside Heights campus ⓘ surface form: Columbia University Morningside Heights campus
commissionedBy	Seth Low ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfCompletion	1897 ⓘ
faces	College Walk ⓘ
formerUse	main university library ⓘ
function	administrative center of Columbia University ⓘ former main library of Columbia University ⓘ
hasDome	true ⓘ
hasFeature	colonnaded portico ⓘ grand staircase ⓘ large central rotunda ⓘ marble interior ⓘ massive dome ⓘ reading room (historic) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing New York City Landmark ⓘ
houses	central administrative offices of Columbia University ⓘ office of the President of Columbia University ⓘ
inception	1895 ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ Morningside Heights ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedOn	Low Plaza ⓘ
materialUsed	granite ⓘ limestone ⓘ
namedAfter	Seth Low Sr. ⓘ surface form: Seth Low
notableFor	iconic dome silhouette on Columbia campus ⓘ monumental Beaux-Arts design ⓘ
operator	Columbia University ⓘ
ownedBy	Columbia University ⓘ
partOf	Columbia University ⓘ
replacedBy	Butler Library as main library of Columbia University ⓘ
symbolOf	Columbia University ⓘ
use	ceremonial events ⓘ meetings of university leadership ⓘ university receptions ⓘ

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Charles Follen McKim → designed → Columbia University Low Memorial Library ⓘ

James Gamble Rogers → designed → Columbia University Low Memorial Library ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buildings at Columbia University