The Low Memorial Library

 The Low Memorial Library at Columbia University designed by McKim, Mead & White c. 1897 in New York City.  The building served as the university's main library until 1934 and now functions as the main administrative building for the school.  Click HERE for more on the library and HERE to see it on bing.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1910.

Remembering Stanford White

 Two articles from The Brickbuilder published in December 1906 on Stanford White following his murder the previous June.  The first is titled Stanford White - His Work by C. Howard Walker and the second is Stanford White as those trained in his office knew him with pieces by J. Monroe Hewlett, Francis L.V. Hoppin of Hoppin & Koen, Albert Randolph Ross and Philip Sawyer of York & Sawyer.

The Brickbuilder, 1906.

The William C. Whitney Residence

The William Collins Whitney residence originally built for Robert L. Stuart by William Schickel c. 1883 with substantial alterations for Whitney by McKim, Mead & White c. 1901 at 871 Fifth Avenue in New York City.  Click HERE for more on the Whitney residence which was demolished c. 1942.  Photo from the Museum of the City of New York.

The Hotel Pennsylvania

 The Hotel Pennsylvania designed by McKim, Mead & White c. 1919 on 7th Avenue between West 32nd and 33rd Streets in New York City.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the hotel which was planned to be demolished but has since received a reprieve and will be renovated and updated.  Click HERE to see the Hotel Pennsylvania on google street view.

Photos from Architecture & Building, 1919.

The Payne Whitney Residence Under Construction

The Payne Whitney residence designed by McKim, Mead & White and completed c. 1909 at 972 Fifth Avenue in New York City pictured under construction.  The exterior shots were taken sometime between 1902-1905 and the interiors below were taken c. 1902.  Click HERE for more on the Whitney residence.

Photos from the Museum of the City of New York.

The Payne Whitney Residence

 More on the Payne Whitney residence designed by McKim, Mead & White c. 1909 at 972 Fifth Avenue in New York City.  Click HERE for more on the Whitney residence and HERE to see it on google street view.

Photos from the Museum of the City of New York.

The Payne Whitney Residence

The Payne Whitney residence designed by McKim, Mead & White c. 1909 at 972 Fifth Avenue in New York City.  Whitney was the son of William C. Whitney and younger brother of Harry Payne Whitney.  Click HERE to see 'Greentree', Whitney's Long Island estate.  Click HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes article on the Whitney residence and HERE for more.  Since 1952 the house has belonged to the French Embassy serving the French Cultural Services.  Click HERE to see the Whitney residence on google street view.  Photo from the Museum of the City of New York.

The Joseph Pulitzer Residence

The Joseph Pulitzer residence designed by McKim, Mead & White c. 1903 at 11 East 73rd Street in New York City.  Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, moved to this location after a fire at his residence on East 55th Street.  The building is now a co-op.  Click HERE for more on the Pulitzer residence and HERE to see it on google earth.  Photo from Architecture, 1903.

No. 7 & 9 East 48th Street

7 East 48th Street designed by McKim, Mead & White c. 1912 and 9 East 48th Street designed by Alfred E. Barlow c. 1912 in New York City.  No. 7 was the John Ruszits Fur Company which had previously been located at Broadway and East 11th Street but lost that location in a fire in 1911.  Click HERE for a 1912 NYTimes article on the opening of this group of shops which have all since been demolished.  Photo from Architecture, 1912.

The Percy R. Pyne Residence

 The Percy Rivington Pyne II residence designed by McKim, Mead & White c. 1909 at 680 Park Avenue and East 68th Street in New York City.  Click HERE to see Pyne's country residence 'Upton Pyne' in New Jersey.  Today 680 Park Avenue is home to the Americas Society.  Click HERE to see the Pyne residence on google street view.

Photos from Architecture, 1911.

Madison Square Garden

The second Madison Square Garden designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White c. 1890 at Madison Avenue and East 26th Street in New York City.  White kept an apartment in the Garden and the rooftop restaurant was the site of his murder by Harry K. Thaw in 1906.  Click HERE for the NYTimes article on the shooting.  The building was closed in 1925 and demolished to make way in 1926 for Cass Gilbert's New York Life Building.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the second Madison Square Garden.  Photo from the New York Public Library.

The White House

 The White House as shown in 1903 following renovations the previous year by McKim, Mead & White for President Theodore Roosevelt.  The project was overseen by Charles McKim and included updating the residence and building the West Wing.  Click HERE for more on the Roosevelt renovation.  In 1948 the White House underwent yet another renovation, this time being almost entirely rebuilt from the inside out; click HERE for more on the Truman renovation.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1903.