McKim, Mead & White

Title

McKim, Mead & White

Description

McKim, Mean & White was an American architectural firm formed in 1879 by Charles Follen McKim (1847-1909), William Rutherford Mead (1846-1928), and Stanford White (1853-1906). By the 1880's they were one of the leading proponents of classical revival as an expression of national architectural identity. Mead remained technically a part of the firm until his official retirement in 1919 (ULAN record).

Date

formed in 1879

Bibliography

Triumvirate : McKim, Mead & White : art, architecture, scandal and class in America's Gilded Age / by Mosette Broderick.New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

The architecture of McKim, Mead & White, 1870-1920 : a building list / Leland M. Roth.New York : Garland Pub., 1978.

Biographical Text

In Newark:
Pennsylvania Railroad Station (1935)
R.Cumming House 368 Mt.Prospect st. ( Mrs.Alden Freeman monument (1915), competition entry for Newark Memorial Building (1916); competition entry for Prudential Insurance Company building (1890)

URL

"McKim Mead and White Architectural Records Collection (ca. 1875-1950)." Newark Archives Project, http://nap.rutgers.edu/collection.php?id=2358&type=coll&s=0&search=McKim%20Mead%20White&stype=keyword. Accessed 7 December 2016.
McKim, Mead & White archive;http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/archival/collections/ldpd_3460633/
Guide to the architectural record collection at the NY Historical Society
http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/mckim/admininfo.htmNorthwest Architectural Archives
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/naa059.xml

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