THE SCOTS WHO BUILT NEW YORK’S LANDMARKS

A Presentation by

Michael Miscione Manhattan Borough Historian & John Kinnear Historian, Architect & President of AFGG

on Charles Follen McKim 1847- 1909 Isabella Furnace Chester County PA 1835

McKim’s birthplace

Llewellyn Park NJ Harvard Baseball Team 1867 McKim’s first visit to Paris An early McKim design 1875 H.H. Richardson, Trinity Church, Boston MA - 1872-77 McKim and Stanford White’s journey to Paris 1878 Paris 1878 The partnership of McKim, Mead & White Columbia University - 1893 St. Paul’s Chapel 1897 Columbian Exposition, Chicago IL - 1893 Agricultural Building Chicago IL - 1893 Agricultural Building Chicago IL - 1893 Agricultural Building Chicago IL - 1893 Detail of Agricultural Building Chicago IL - 1893 New York State Building in Chicago IL - 1893 American Academy in Rome - 1894 American Academy in Rome - 1894 American Academy in Rome - 1894 Harvard Club 1894 Harvard Club 1894 University Club 1899 University Club - 1899 University Club - 1899 University Club 1899 University Club 1899 University Club - 1899 University Club - 1899 University Club - 1899 University Club 1899 Morgan library 1906 Morgan library 1906 Morgan library 1906 Morgan library 1906 Penn Station 1906-10: The Greatest Architectural Loss in New York’s History Penn Station Penn Station Penn Station Madison Square Garden 1890: lost to New York Madison Square Garden 1890: “Diana” The shooting of Stanford White

McKim, Mead & White landmarks remaining: Villard Houses - 1884 McKim, Mead & White landmarks remaining: Washington Arch - 1892 McKim, Mead & White landmarks remaining: Municipal Building 1914 THE SCOTS WHO BUILT NEW YORK’S LANDMARKS

The American-Scottish Foundation® is honored to have been invited to join the Landmarks 50 project and to develop and present an exhibition celebrating the contribution of Scottish Americans to the building of New York. The exhibit is in honor of the 50th Anniversary of Landmarks Preservation Law in 2015.