The Architecture of McKim, Mead & White in Photographs, Plans and Elevations

By McKim, Mead & White

The roster of McKim, Mead & White's clients reads like a who's-who of American business, professional, cultural, and social enterprise in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many of the buildings designed by this distinguished New York firm still stand today — libraries, museums, churches, train stations, banks, office buildings, private clubs, and residences — an imposing testament to the splendor and durability of its achievement.
This magnificent pictorial history is one of the most important documents in the history of American architecture. In 435 superb photographs and over 500 line illustrations, including both floor plans and elevations, it surveys over 160 structures designed by the architects of McKim, Mead & White. Originally published in four massive volumes and now available in an unabridged one-volume paperback edition, this handsome book depicts such famous New York City landmarks (present and former) as Columbia University's Low Library, the Pierpont Morgan Library, the Municipal Building, the second Madison Square Garden, and the original Pennsylvania Station.
Other major landmarks include private and public buildings and other structures in Boston, Cambridge, Newport, Providence, Princeton, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Montreal. For architects and architectural historians, this book will be a valuable source for its comprehensive views of an unrivaled achievement in American architecture. Social historians and students of Americana will find it revealing for its reflection of the ideas and culture of the times. A new Introduction by Richard Guy Wilson perceptively appraises the McKim, Mead & White legacy for today's readers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Release date: Feb 28, 2013
• ISBN: 9780486136769

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The Architecture of

McKIM, MEAD & WHITE

in Photographs, Plans

and Elevations

McKIM, MEAD & WHITE

With a new introduction by

Richard Guy Wilson

Professor and Chairman of Architectural History

University of Virginia School of Architecture

DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.

New York

Introduction copyright © 1990 by Richard Guy Wilson.

All rights reserved under Pan American and International Copyright Conventions.

This Dover edition, first published in 1990, is an unabridged republication of A Monograph of the Work of McKim Mead & White 1879–1915, originally published in four volumes by The Architectural Book Publishing Co, Paul Wenzel & Maurice Krakow, New York, 1915–1920. The introduction by Richard Guy Wilson was written specially for this edition, and an index has been provided. Some obvious typographical errors in the original have been tacitly corrected.

Manufactured in the United States of America

Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

McKim, Mead & White.

[Monograph of the work of McKim, Mead & White, 1879–1915]

The architecture of McKim, Mead & White in photographs, plans, and elevations / McKim, Mead & White; with a new introduction by Richard Guy Wilson.

p. cm.

Reprint. Originally published: A monograph of the work of McKim, Mead & White, 1879–1915. New York: Architectural Book Pub. Co., 1915–1920.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-486-26556-0 (pbk.)

1. McKim, Mead & White. 2.Architecture, Modern—19th century—United States.3. Architecture, Modern—20th century—United States.I. Wilson, Richard Guy, 1940–.II. Title.

NA737.M4A4 1990

720′.92′2—dc20

90-43684

CIP

Contents

The original plate numbers, with all the omissions and interpolations, have been retained in this volume.

To preserve the spread on plates 31–31A, plate 32 has been moved forward.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1

PLATE

1CASINO AT NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.

2ROSS WINANS RESIDENCE, BALTIMORE, MD.

3C. A. WHITTIER RESIDENCE, BOSTON, MASS.

4ST. PAUL’S CHURCH, STOCKBRIDGE, MASS.

5CHARLES L. TIFFANY RESIDENCE, NEW YORK CITY.

5A " FRONT ELEVATION AND PLAN

6CASINO AT NARRAGANSETT PIER, RHODE ISLAND.

7HENRY VILLARD RESIDENCE, NEW YORK CITY, WEST ELEVATION AND PLAN

8 " MADISON AVENUE. FACADE, ENTRANCE GATEWAY.

9 " MANTEL IN ENTRANCE HALL, DOOR TO DINING ROOM.

10 " LUNETTE OVER MANTEL, ENTRANCE HALL.

11 " DINING ROOM, MANTEL IN DINING ROOM.

12RESIDENCE OF CHARLES J. OSBORN, MAMARONECK, N. Y.

13 " GATE LODGE.

14RESIDENCE OF MRS. WILLIAM EDGAR, NEWPORT, R. I.

14RESIDENCE OF CHARLES J. OSBORN, MAMARONECK, N. Y. THE STABLE

15DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT MONUMENT, NEW YORK, N. Y.

15PETER COOPER MONUMENT, NEW YORK, N. Y.

16H. A. C. TAYLOR RESIDENCE, NEWPORT, R. I.

17JOHN F, ANDREWS RESIDENCE, BOSTON, MASS.

18RUSSELL & ERWIN BUILDING, NEW BRITAIN, CONN.

18ALGONQUIN CLUB, BOSTON, MASS.

19JOHNSTON GATES, MAIN ENTRANCE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

19A

20ENTRANCES TO PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN, N. Y.

21

22NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY BUILDING, KANSAS CITY, MO.

23ST. PETER’S CHURCH, MORRISTOWN, N. J.

24GERMANTOWN CRICKET CLUB, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ELEVATION AND PLANS.

25 " FACADE TOWARD PLAYING FIELD, MAIN ENTRANCE GATES.

26 " MANTEL IN DINING ROOM, DETAIL OF ENTRANCE.

27CENTURY CLUB, NEW YORK CITY.

28 " FRONT ELEVATION

29 " DETAIL DRAWINGS

30MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY, TWENTY-SIXTH STREET ELEVATION AND PLANS.

31-31A " MADISON AVENUE ELEVATION, DETAIL OF TOWER LOGGIA.

32 " SOUTHWEST ANGLE FROM MADISON SQUARE.

33 " CENTRAL MOTIVE ON MADISON AVENUE.

34 " TERRA COTTA DETAILS OF LOWER ARCADE.

35 " DETAILS OF LOWER ARCADE.

36 " UPPER PART OF TOWER, COLONNADE OF ROOF GARDEN.

37 " DETAILS OF TERRA COTTA AND BRICKWORK ON TOWER.

38E. D. MORGAN RESIDENCE, NEWPORT, R. I.

39THE WASHINGTON ARCH, NEW YORK CITY.

40 " NORTH ELEVATION, SECTION.

41-42AGRICULTURAL BUILDING, CHICAGO WORLD’S FAIR, ELEVATION & PLAN.

43NEW YORK STATE BUILDING, WORLD’S FAIR, CHICAGO, ILL.

44 " ELEVATION & PLAN.

45WALKER ART GALLERY, BRUNSWICK, ME.

46WALKER ART GALLERY, BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, ME. ELEVATION AND PLAN.

47COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK CITY, BLOCK PLAN.

48 " LIBRARY, EXTERIOR.

49 " SOUTH ELEVATION.

50 " MAIN FLOOR PLAN.

51 " DETAIL DRAWINGS OF THE SOUTH PORTICO.

52 " LIBRARY, INTERIORS

53 " DETAIL IN READING ROOM, TRUSTEES ROOM.

54 " DETAIL DRAWINGS OF READING ROOM.

55JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH, WASHINGTON SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY.

56 " DETAIL DRAWING OF MAIN ENTRANCE.

57METROPOLITAN CLUB, NEW YORK CITY

58 " SIXTIETH STREET ELEVATION.

59 " FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR PLANS.

60 " DETAIL DRAWINGS OF EXTERIOR.

61 " ENTRANCE GATEWAY, MAIN HALL.

62NEW YORK HERALD BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY. SIXTH AVE., ELEVATION & PLANS.

63 " DETAIL DRAWINGS OF EXTERIOR

64 "

64A " DETAIL OF ENTRANCE, DETAIL OF BROADWAY FACADE.

66THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK, NEW YORK CITY, ELEVATION AND PLANS.

67 " SECTION THROUGH COUNTING ROOM AND GRAND STREET ELEVATION.

68 " GRAND STREET FACADE, INTERIOR OF BANKING ROOM.

69ELLIOTT F. SHEPARD RESIDENCE, SCARBOROUGH, N. Y., WEST ELEVATION AND PLANS.

70 " GENERAL VIEW FROM NORTHWEST, FACADE TOWARD HUDSON RIVER.

71 " VIEWS AND DETAILS IN GARDEN.

72GARDEN CITY HOTEL, GARDEN CITY, L. I. ELEVATION AND PLAN.

73BATTLE MONUMENT, WEST POINT, N. Y.

74NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK CITY, PLAN OF LIBRARY.

75 " ELEVATION OF LIBRARY.

76 " EXTERIORS OF LIBRARY, ETC.

77 " INTERIOR AND DETAIL OF LIBRARY.

79ROBERT W. CUMMING RESIDENCE, NEWARK, N. J.

80H. A. C. TAYLOR RESIDENCE, NEW YORK CITY, SOUTH ELEVATION, DETAILS AND PLANS, MAIN ENTRANCE DETAIL.

81 " FACADE ON 71ST STREET, SECOND STORY HALL

82 " LIBRARY, DINING ROOM.

83FREDERICK W. VANDERBILT RESIDENCE, HYDE PARK, N. Y. ELEVATION & PLAN.

84 " EAST FACADE, VIEW FROM NORTHWEST.

85BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, SECTION AND BLOCK PLAN.

86 " ELEVATION.

87 " NORTH FACADE.

88 " EXTERIOR DETAIL.

89 " DETAIL DRAWING OF NORTH PORTICO.

90 " DETAILS OF ELEVATION AND SECTION.

91 " INTERIORS, FIRST FLOOR.

93NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO., NEW YORK CITY, INTERIORS.

94THOMAS NELSON PAGE RESIDENCE, WASHINGTON, D. C. ELEVATION AND PLANS.

95 " EXTERIORS.

96HOUSES ON COMMONWEALTH AVENUE, BOSTON, MASS.

97GEORGE A. NICKERSON RESIDENCE, BOSTON, MASS.

98SHERRY’S HOTEL NEW YORK CITY. FACADE AND PLANS.

99 " DINING ROOM AND BALL ROOM.

Note: Extra Numbers, 5a, 19a, 31a, 64a,

Omitted Numbers, 65, 78, 92, - Total 100 Plates.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME TWO

100BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, BOSTON, MASS. FACADE FACING COPLEY SQUARE.

101 " DARTMOUTH STREET ELEVATION.

102 " FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR PLAN.

103 " VIEW IN COURT.

104 " STAIR