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McKim, Mead, and White was the premier architectural firm in the eastern United States at the turn of the twentieth century. The firm consisted of Charles McKim, William Mead, and Stanford White. McKim and White studied under Henry Hobson Richardson before forming their own firm. They were associated with the City Beautiful and Beaux Arts movements, which aimed to clean up the visual confusion of American cities and imbue them with a sense of order and noble formality.
Their works include:
 Seth Low Memorial Library, Columbia University, built 1895 - Boston Public Library, Boston
- Rhode Island State House, Providence, Rhode Island
- The second (of four) Madison Square Garden at Madison Square, New York City
- Pennsylvania Station, New York City
- Pennsylvania Station, Newark, New Jersey
- The Agricultural Building at the World Columbian Exposition (1893,Chicago)
- Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City
- Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus: general design and individual buildings
- The Hall of Fame of New York University (built as the Gould Memorial Library complex)
- Rosecliff, Newport, Rhode Island
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
- University Club, New York City
- Century Club, New York City
- The Cable Building, 611 Broadway 1892, New York City
- The Boathouse, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York
- Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York
- Old Cabell Hall, Cocke Hall, and Rouss Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
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