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McKim, Charles Follen 1847-

Architect; born in Chester county, Pa., Aug. 24, 1847; studied at the Harvard Scientific School in. 1866-67, and then took the three years course in architecture at the. École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Returning to the United States, he became a partner of William R. Mead and Stanford White in New York. This firm soon made a notable advance in architectural construction, and have planned a number of the most attractive buildings in the country, including the new Public Library in Boston, Madison Square Garden, and the building of the American Safe Deposit Company in New York City, residences and summer cottages, music-halls and casinos, and a number of club-houses and churches.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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