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Creator
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Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952,
Source
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001704023/
Date
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between ca. 1890 and ca. 1910
People
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Birth Date
08/24/1847
Birthplace
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Death Date
09/14/1909
Occupation
Architect
Biographical Text
<p class="p1">Charles Follen McKim was born in 1847 to abolitionists parents. McKim studied at Harvard, then left the country to continue his architectural education in Europe. </p>
<p class="p1">In the late 1870s McKim became a founding partner in McKim, Mead & White, a leading architectural firm of the time. The firm's work helped to make classical Georgian design the dominant architectural style of the era. </p>
<p class="p1">McKim worked with <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/128">Daniel Burnham</a> on the design of the Court of Honor for the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. Some of his most famous work include the Boston Public Library, the Morning Heights campus of Columbia University, and New York's Penn Station.</p>
Bibliography
Richard Guy Wilson. "McKim, Charles Follen"; <a href="http://www.anb.org/articles/17/17-00571.html">http://www.anb.org/articles/17/17-00571.html</a>; American National Biography Online Feb. 2000.
First Name
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Charles F.
Last Name
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McKim
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Charles F. McKim
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In 1901, Charles McKim was appointed by Senator <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/88">James McMillan</a> to the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/179">Senate Park Commission</a>, which was meant to suggest <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/350">improvements</a> to the National Mall. McKim was a dominant voice in the Commission, recommending a return to the 1791 design proposed by <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/82">Pierre Charles L'Enfant</a> and extending the boundaries of the Mall to include the site designated for the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/33">Lincoln Memorial</a>. Because of his work on the McMillan Commission, McKim was chosen by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 to remodel the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/66">White House</a>.
Source
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001704023/">View original photograph</a>.
Coverage
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1890-1919
Creator
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Charles F. McKim
building the mall
design & monuments