Charles Follen McKim
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Charles Follen McKim was a prominent American Beaux-Arts architect and founding partner of the firm McKim, Mead & White, known for landmark designs such as New York’s Pennsylvania Station and the Boston Public Library.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American architect
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Beaux-Arts architect → architect → human → |
| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts
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Neoclassical architecture → |
| awardReceived |
AIA Gold Medal
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surface form: "American Institute of Architects Gold Medal"
Royal Gold Medal →
surface form: "Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects"
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America → |
| dateOfBirth | 1847-08-24 → |
| dateOfDeath | 1909-09-14 → |
| designed |
McKim Building
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surface form: "Boston Public Library, McKim Building"
Columbia University Low Memorial Library → Morgan Library & Museum (original building) →
surface form: "Morgan Library building in New York City"
Rhode Island State House →
surface form: "Rhode Island State House in Providence"
University Club of New York building → Penn Station (New York City) →
surface form: "original Pennsylvania Station in New York City"
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| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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École des Beaux-Arts → |
| familyName | McKim → |
| fieldOfWork | architecture → |
| fullName | Charles Follen McKim → |
| genre |
civic architecture
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institutional architecture → |
| givenName | Charles → |
| influenced |
American Beaux-Arts architects
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early 20th-century civic architecture in the United States → |
| influencedBy | Henry Hobson Richardson → |
| memberOf | McKim, Mead & White → |
| movement |
Beaux-Arts
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surface form: "Beaux-Arts architecture"
City Beautiful movement → |
| notableWork |
Boston Public Library (Copley Square main branch)
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surface form: "Boston Public Library"
Manhattanville campus →
surface form: "Columbia University campus master plan"
Danforth Memorial Library → Judiciary Square buildings, Washington, D.C. →
surface form: "Judiciary Square buildings (Washington, D.C.)"
Morgan Library & Museum (original building) →
surface form: "Morgan Library (New York)"
New York Life Insurance Building (Kansas City) → Penn Station (New York City) →
surface form: "Pennsylvania Station (original New York City station)"
Rhode Island State House → University Club of New York → |
| notedFor |
integration of sculpture and architecture in civic buildings
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monumental classical compositions → |
| occupation | architect → |
| placeOfBirth | Chester County, Pennsylvania → |
| placeOfDeath | St. James, New York → |
| positionHeld | founding partner of McKim, Mead & White → |
| residence | New York City → |
| sexOrGender | male → |
| workLocation | New York City → |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Administration Building (World's Columbian Exposition)"
subject surface form: "New York University Main Building"