Carrère and Hastings

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Carrère and Hastings was a prominent American Beaux-Arts architectural firm, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for landmark works such as the New York Public Library Main Branch.

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instanceOf Beaux-Arts architectural firm
architectural firm
activePeriodEnd early 20th century
activePeriodStart late 19th century
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
areaServed New York metropolitan area
United States
associatedWithMovement City Beautiful movement
basedIn New York City
commissionedBy New York Public Library
country United States
designed Cuyahoga County Courthouse
Frick Mansion, New York City
Manhattan Bridge approaches and plazas
New York Public Library Main Branch
Newark Public Library
field architecture
founder John Merven Carrère
Thomas Hastings
genre civic architecture
institutional architecture
residential architecture for wealthy patrons
hasMember John Merven Carrère
Thomas Hastings
heritage part of American architectural history
influenced early 20th-century American civic architecture
languageOfWork English
location New York City
notableClient Henry Clay Frick
Standard Oil Company
linked to: Standard Oil
notableFor design of monumental public buildings
use of classical Beaux-Arts composition
notableWork Cuyahoga County Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio
Frick Mansion (Henry Clay Frick House, New York City)
House of the American Republic, Paris Exposition of 1900 (temporary building)
Manhattan Bridge approaches and plazas, New York City
linked to: Manhattan Bridge

Memorial Continental Hall (consulting work), Washington, D.C.
New York Public Library Main Branch
New York Public Library Main Reading Room (interior design)
New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Newark Public Library, Newark, New Jersey
Ponce de León Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida (additions and related work)
Senate and House Office Buildings planning work, Washington, D.C.
Standard Oil Building, New York City
reputation prominent American Beaux-Arts firm

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Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City architect Carrère and Hastings
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building architect Carrère and Hastings
Henry Clay Frick House architect Carrère and Hastings
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre architect Carrère and Hastings
Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts (mansion)
linked to: Carrère and Hastings
Tower of Jewels architect Carrère and Hastings
Patience (lion statue) architectOfSetting Carrère and Hastings
Patience (lion statue) commissionedBy Carrère and Hastings
Astor Hall architect Carrère and Hastings (as part of the building design)
linked to: Carrère and Hastings
French Lick Resort Casino architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts (French Lick Springs Hotel)
linked to: Carrère and Hastings
Thomas Hastings memberOf Carrère and Hastings
Thomas Hastings employer Carrère and Hastings
Borough Hall of Staten Island architect Carrère and Hastings
Grand Army Plaza (Central Park) hasDesigner Carrère and Hastings
Grand Army Plaza (Central Park) hasArchitect Carrère and Hastings
Newark Public Library Main Library designedBy Carrère and Hastings
Russell Senate Office Building architect Carrère and Hastings
Alcazar Hotel architect Carrère and Hastings
subject linked to: Lightner Museum
Standard Oil Building, New York City architect Carrère and Hastings
Cuyahoga County Courthouse architect Carrère and Hastings
Memorial Continental Hall associatedWith Carrère and Hastings
Memorial Continental Hall architecturalFirm Carrère and Hastings
John Merven Carrère coFounderOf Carrère and Hastings
John Merven Carrère employer Carrère and Hastings
Globe Theatre architect Carrère and Hastings
Thomas Hastings memberOf Carrère and Hastings
subject linked to: Thomas Hastings (firm partner)
Thomas Hastings coFounded Carrère and Hastings
subject linked to: Thomas Hastings (firm partner)
Ponce de Leon Hotel architecturalFirm Carrère and Hastings