McKim, Mead & White

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American company architectural firm

McKim, Mead & White was a prominent American architectural firm of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for its Beaux-Arts and neoclassical designs that shaped many landmark public and institutional buildings.

Aliases (1)

American Beaux-Arts architects ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American company → architectural firm →
architecturalStyle	Beaux-Arts → Neoclassical architecture →
cityOfSignificantActivity	Boston → New York City → Washington, D.C. →
country	United States →
era	Gilded Age → Progressive Era →
founder	Charles Follen McKim → Stanford White → William Rutherford Mead →
heritage	major contributor to the American Renaissance in architecture →
industry	architecture →
influencedBy	École des Beaux-Arts →
knownFor	grand classical compositions → influencing American city planning aesthetics → monumental civic architecture →
notableMember	Charles Follen McKim → Stanford White → William Rutherford Mead →
notableProjectType	civic buildings → clubs → institutional buildings → mansions → public buildings → university campuses →
notableWork	Boston Public Library → Boston Symphony Hall → Brooklyn Museum (original Beaux-Arts core) → Carnegie Institution of Washington building → Columbia University Morningside Heights campus plan → Harvard Club of New York City → Judiciary Square buildings, Washington, D.C. → Low Memorial Library → Madison Square Garden (second) → Morgan Library & Museum (original building) → National Museum of American History (original building for the National Museum, Washington, D.C.) → New York Herald Building → New York Municipal Building (consulting role) → New York Post Office and Courthouse (James A. Farley Building, associated work) → New York University Main Building (now Silver Center) → Pennsylvania Station (New York City, original) → Rhode Island State House → University Club of New York →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Boston Public Library (Copley Square main branch) → Brooklyn Museum → Hotel Nacional de Cuba → James A. Farley Building → Memorial Bridge → Mills Mansion → Minneapolis Institute of Art → Morgan Library & Museum (original building) → National Museum of American History → Newark Penn Station → Strivers’ Row → Symphony Hall → Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site → Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City →	architect
Harvard Club of New York City → Low Memorial Library → New York University Main Building →	architecturalFirm
Henry Bacon → Lorimer Rich → Stanford White →	employer
Richard Morris Hunt ("American Beaux-Arts architects") → Richard Morris Hunt →	influenced
Charles Follen McKim → Stanford White →	memberOf
Frederick William Vanderbilt →	architecturalPatron
New York Municipal Building (consulting role) →	associatedWithArchitecturalFirm
New York Municipal Building (consulting role) →	consultingArchitect
Morningside Heights campus →	designedBy
Plymouth Rock →	porticoDesignedBy