Main entry:

Broderick, Mosette.

Title & Author:

Triumvirate: Mckim, Mead & White : art, architecture, scandal, and class in America's Gilded Age / by Mosette Broderick.

Publication:

New York : Knopf, 2010.

Description:

581 p.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-554) and index.
McKim -- A mighty serious thing -- To become an architect -- The marriage and Newport -- McKim and Mead in the early years -- Stratton and Wells -- Stanford White -- White in Europe -- The butlers, the Smiths, and the Stewarts -- Joe Wells -- The summer house and the seaside house -- The suburban house -- City houses -- The end of the picturesque -- Success -- Stanford White gets married -- Wedding bells for McKim and Mead -- The railroad barons -- Shifting dynamics in the 1880s -- Madison Square Garden -- The free classical style -- The Boston Public Library : McKim searches for inspiration -- The men in the office -- Club land -- New York Life Insurance builds -- The office at work -- The Washington Square arch and public ceremony -- The Stewart bubble bursts -- The world of the past -- Back at the office -- Evarts, the Butlers, Choate, and Beaman -- Stanford White's artists -- The Metropolitan Club -- The accommodations of success -- The world begins to spin -- The Chicago fair -- Old colleges and new buildings -- McKim's New York clubhouses -- The American school in Rome -- The swan song of the wooden house -- On top of the world -- McKim meets his daughter -- The Pennsylvania station -- The King's medal -- The new century for White -- Payne Whitney's house -- The gilded age tarnishes -- The trial of the century -- Vogue la galere.

Summary:

Traces the story of the Gilded Age architectural firm, describing its partners' shared vision about the role of architecture in shaping America and establishing an architectural practice that would set an international standard.

ISBN:

9780394536620
0394536622

Subject:

McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909.
Mead, William Rutherford, 1846-1928.
White, Stanford, 1853-1906.
McKim, Mead & White.
Architects United States Biography.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Architects
Civilization
United States Civilization 1918-1945.
United States Civilization 1865-1918.
États-Unis Civilisation 1865-1918.
États-Unis Civilisation 1918-1945.
United States
United States Civilization.

Form/genre:

Biographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 269902
Call No.: BIB 202383
Status: Available