Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison

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Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison was an American architect known for his Beaux-Arts–influenced designs, particularly major railroad stations and civic buildings in the early 20th century.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect
architect
human
activeInPeriod early 20th century
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer self-employed architect
fieldOfWork architecture
public building design
railway architecture
genre civic architecture
railroad station architecture
influencedBy École des Beaux-Arts
knownFor design of civic buildings
design of major railroad stations
movement Beaux-Arts architecture
nationality American
notableFor Beaux-Arts–influenced railroad terminals
urban civic architecture
notableWork Baltimore Pennsylvania Station
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station (Baltimore, Maryland)
Civic and institutional buildings in the United States
Hoboken Terminal
Lackawanna Terminal (Hoboken, New Jersey)
Newark Penn Station (early design involvement)
occupation architect
styleCharacteristic classical composition
formal symmetry
monumental facades
workLocation Northeastern United States
United States

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore)
architect

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