Showing posts with label School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label School. Show all posts

Friday, September 5, 2014

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.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Weld Boathouse

 The Weld Boathouse designed by Peabody & Stearns c. 1906 for Harvard University along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  The building was financed by Harvard alum George Walker Weld.  Click HERE to see the Weld Boathouse on google street view.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1907.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The Ely School for Girls

The Ely School for Girls designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1907 in Greenwich, Connecticut. The preparatory school moved from New York City to Greenwich the year the building was completed. The school burned down in 1926.


Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1907.

Monday, December 19, 2011

The National War College

The National War College designed by McKim, Mead & White between 1903-1907 at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington D.C. The National War College is part of the National Defense University, click HERE for more. Above and below, Roosevelt Hall, designed to be the center of a school for senior U.S. Army Officers. From 1903-1946 the building housed the Army War College which eventually moved to Kansas. It has been home to the National War College since then. Click HERE to see Roosevelt Hall on bing.





Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1907.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The Kelsey Building

The Kelsey Building designed by Cass Gilbert c. 1910 on Barrack St. in Trenton, New Jersey. Donated to the School of Industrial Arts by Henry C. Kelsey as a memorial to his wife, the building is now part of Thomas Edison State College. Click HERE for more on the Kelsey Building. Click HERE to see the building on google street view. Photo from Architecture, 1911.