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.

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Charles Follen McKim canonical 30
Charles F. McKim 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect
Beaux-Arts architect
architect
human
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Neoclassical architecture
awardReceived American Institute of Architects Gold Medal
linked to: AIA Gold Medal

Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects
linked to: Royal Gold Medal
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1847-08-24
dateOfDeath 1909-09-14
designed Boston Public Library, McKim Building
linked to: McKim Building

Columbia University Low Memorial Library
Morgan Library building in New York City
Rhode Island State House in Providence
University Club of New York building
original Pennsylvania Station in New York City
educatedAt Harvard University
École des Beaux-Arts
familyName McKim
fieldOfWork architecture
fullName Charles Follen McKim
genre civic architecture
institutional architecture
givenName Charles
influenced American Beaux-Arts architects
early 20th-century civic architecture in the United States
influencedBy Henry Hobson Richardson
memberOf McKim, Mead & White
movement Beaux-Arts architecture
linked to: Beaux-Arts

City Beautiful movement
notableWork Boston Public Library
Columbia University campus master plan
Danforth Memorial Library
Judiciary Square buildings (Washington, D.C.)
Morgan Library (New York)
New York Life Insurance Building (Kansas City)
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
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

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Richard Morris Hunt influenced Charles Follen McKim
West Colonnade redesignedBy Charles Follen McKim
McKim, Mead & White founder Charles Follen McKim
McKim, Mead & White notableMember Charles Follen McKim
Symphony Hall architect Charles Follen McKim
Charles Follen McKim fullName Charles Follen McKim
Low Memorial Library architect Charles Follen McKim
New York University Main Building architect Charles Follen McKim
Harvard Club of New York City architect Charles Follen McKim
Administration Building (World's Columbian Exposition) architect Charles Follen McKim
subject linked to: Administration Building
McKim Building namedAfter Charles Follen McKim
McKim Building architect Charles Follen McKim
McKim hasNotableBearer Charles Follen McKim
McKim, Mead & White hasPartner Charles Follen McKim
subject linked to: McKim
Danforth Memorial Library architect Charles Follen McKim
Danforth Memorial Library designedBy Charles Follen McKim
William Rutherford Mead notableColleague Charles Follen McKim
Frederick W. Vanderbilt Mansion architect Charles Follen McKim
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McMillan Plan keyMember Charles F. McKim
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McKim building architect Charles Follen McKim
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