Series I: Architectural Drawings
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers wishing to access architectural drawings should be aware that due to their fragility and volume, special handling procedures apply to these materials. Accordingly, researchers should consult with the Print Room Librarian about how much time to budget when scheduling an appointment to view architectural drawings. The majority of drawings are stored on rolls; unrolling and rerolling these drawings is a time consuming process, so only a limited number of rolls can be viewed per visit. Multiple visits will be required for researchers wishing to view a significant number of drawings.
To preserve drawings for future research, the following restrictions apply:
1. All research appointments must be scheduled in advance through the Print Room Librarian.
2. Researchers will be required to wash their hands at the institution prior to handling archival materials.
3. Librarians will page only one tube or folder of architectural drawings at a time. No additional materials will be paged until all previously accessed drawings have been re-rolled and/or re-housed.
4. No drawings will be paged after 2:00 PM (or within one hour of closing time).
5. The Librarian has the discretion to limit the number of rolls a researcher may view per visit.
6. Damaged or particularly fragile drawings may, in the Librarian's discretion, be handled only under the direct supervision of a librarian or withheld pending review by the chief conservator.
Subseries I.1: Rolled drawings
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Included in this series are approximately 61,150 rolled drawings for over 1000 commissioned projects. Approximately 65 percent of these are tracings (mostly ink on linen), and 35 percent are print duplicates (mostly blueprints on paper). They consist of plans, elevations, sections, exterior and interior details, full size details, sketches, and shop drawings. Projects include educational institutions, banks, country estates, residences, clubs and casinos, hotels, memorials, government buildings, public buildings, commercial buildings, libraries, museums, churches, and hospitals in New York and elsewhere.
The drawings were re-housed between 2009-2012 pursuant to a generous Save America's Treasures grant from the National Park Service, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Library and Museum Services, and the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
This subseries includes drawings of many of the firm's most important projects in New York City and elsewhere. An item-level inventory of the rolled drawings is available on-site.
358 Fifth Ave., New York, NY, 1920, inclusive
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Approximately 34 working and design drawings housed on 6 tubes.
360 East 50th Street, New York, NY, 1924-1925, inclusive
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11 design and working drawings on 3 tubes.
1722 84th Street, New York, NY. Alteration, undated, inclusive
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1 design drawing of plot plan on one tube.
56th Street & Park Avenue, New York, NY (20 story apartment hotel), 1926, inclusive
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50 shop and working drawings on 4 tubes. Includes, among others, plans of various floors.
24 Gramercy Park, New York, NY. Alterations, 1936, inclusive
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23 working and design drawings, sketches, notes on 1 tube. Includes, among other, blueprints of various floor plans.
269-271 Madison Ave, 1926, inclusive
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Elevations; floor plans; electric and steam plans
227 Park Avenue, 1923-1925, inclusive
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Interior and exterior details (multiple drawings all graphite on trace)
277 Park Avenue-Small Scale Block Plans, 1924-1925, inclusive
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Six floor plans, all ink on linen
358 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 1920, inclusive
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mixed media drawings: column and beam details, framing plans
360 East 50th Street, New York, NY - Apartment House, 1924-1925, inclusive
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120+ mixed media drawings: plans, elevations, details and framing
430 East 57th Street, New York, NY, 1925-1926, inclusive
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80+ mixed media drawings: floor plans, utility details, apartment details, elevations
60 Broadway, New York, NY, 1929, inclusive
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graphite on trace: height and setback overhead plan
681 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY - Store and loft building - T's of Electric, 1912, inclusive
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ink on linen floor plans showing electric circuit work
8 East 56th Street, New York, NY - alterations, 1927-1937, inclusive
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70+ mixed media drawings: floor plans, surveys, details, schemes, layouts
998 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY - Apartment house, Curtis Securities Company, 1910-1915, inclusive
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graphite on trace: framing plans, roof
Monograph Series, 1879-1915, inclusive
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Monograph highlights McKim, Mead and White's most prestigious projects by publishing reproductions of ink on linen and ink on paper floor plans and elevation drawings; rolled drawing inventory lists these projects alphabetically and indicates the roll number(s) associated with the specific drawing reproduced in the publication
Abbott Academy, Andover, MA, 1913-1920, inclusive
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5 drawings on 2 rolls; landscaping and gates
Adams, Henry (monument), Washington, DC, 1888, inclusive
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10 mixed media drawings; plans, elevations, sections
Adelphi College, Garden City, NY, 1928-1944, inclusive
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90+ mixed media drawings; elevations, many interior and exterior details; Administration, Classroom, Garage, Recreation and Trinity College Buildings
Adirondack Power and Light Corp., Amsterdam, NY Power House, 1920-1922, inclusive
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35+ mixed media drawings; sections, details, elevations, interiors
AIG Chemical Corp., Lefcourt Building, 43rd St. and Fifth Ave., NY, 1927-1938, inclusive
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25 mixed media drawings; interior and exterior details
Alexander & Watriss - Headstones, 1923-1938, inclusive
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Plans and inscription of tombstones
Allis, Mrs. Edward P. - Monument, Milwaukee, WI, 1894-1897, inclusive
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ink on linen plans, elevations and sections
Alteration of house for R.H. Williams Jr., Medham, NJ, 1919
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graphite on trace; 5 over-sized details
American Academy in Rome - Memorial to C.F. McKim, and memorial to Founders, 1926-1927, inclusive
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mixed media, detail of inscription
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, 1925-1929, inclusive
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mixed media drawings, plans and inscriptions
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Washington Heights Educational Building, 633 West 155th Street, New York, NY, 1921-1922, inclusive
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175+ mixed media drawings, inquire within
American Battle Monuments Commission - War Memorial, Rome, Italy, 1928-1929, inclusive
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mixed media drawings: plans, elevations and sections
American Military Cemetery [Florence American Cemetery & Memorial] Assistant Superintendent's Quarters & Service Group, Florence, Italy, 1950-1953, inclusive
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50+ mixed media drawings: layouts, plot plans, sections, details, elevations
American Military Cemetery [Florence American Military Cemetery & Memorial] Bridge; Florence, Italy, 1950-1954, inclusive
Separated Materials
35 mixed media drawings: details, schemes,extensions, layouts, elevations
American Military Cemetery [Florence American Military Cemetery & Memorial] Entrance Gates; Florence, Italy, 1953-1955, inclusive
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mixed media drawings: plans, elevations, schemes
American Military Cemetery [Florence American Military Cemetery & Memorial] Memorial; Florence, Italy, 1947-1959, inclusive
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420 mixed media drawings: plans, elevations, inscriptions and sections
American Military Cemetery [Florence American Military Cemetery & Memorial] Reception Building; Florence, Italy, 1950-1951, inclusive
Separated Materials
10+mixed media drawings and correspondence; plans and elevations
American Military Cemetery [Florence American Military Cemetery & Memorial] Superintendent & Assistant Superintendent's Quarters; Florence, Italy, 1950-1951, inclusive
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3 drawings - plans, elevations, sections
American Military Cemetery [Florence American Military Cemetery & Memorial] Superintendent's Quarters & Garage; Florence, Italy, 1950-1951, inclusive
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50+ mixed media drawings: plans, elevations and sections
American Military Cemetery [Florence American Military Cemetery & Memorial], November 1949, inclusive
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New York Times Magazine - newspaper clipping
American University of Beirut, Lebanon, ca. 1950, many undated, inclusive
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650+ mixed media drawings: Dining Hall; Physics and Engineering Buildings (framing); Faculty Apartments; Library; Hospital (preliminary and superseded) Electric, Heating and Ventilating; Hospital addition
Ames, F.L. Memorial, Unity Cemetery, exact location not indicated, undated
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ink on linen, 2 drawings: grave plot
Amherst College, Amherst, MA, ca. 1950s, inclusive
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600+ mixed media drawings: Art Building/Gallery (proposed); Converse Library and Addition; Library Study Center Addition (proposed); Dormitoried (proposed); Dormitory alterations; Pratt Dormitory alterations; Walter S. Orr Rink; Appleton Cabinet alteration; Baseball Cage; Chemistry Building; Faculty Room Octagon; Gymnasium; Infirmary; Johnson Chapel; College Library (1916); Morgan Building; Power House; Pratt Feild Gates; Valentine Hall; Little Red School
American War Memorial, Rome, Italy, no date, inclusive
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5 positive photostats: plot plans of grounds
Amsterdam Power House [Amsterdam, NY?], 1921, inclusive
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9 graphite on trace drawings: working and design
Andover Free Christian Church, Andover, MA, 1907-1908, inclusive
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25+ mixed media drawings: plans, elevations, details
430 East 57th Street, New York, NY [Apartment House], 1925-1927, inclusive
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30 mixed media drawings: interior details
277 Park Avenue, New York, NY [Apartment House] and railroad tracks below building, north from Grand Central Terminal, 1920-1924, inclusive
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325+ mixed media drawings: framing, plans, details
Arlington Memorial Bridge, Washington DC, 1925-1952, inclusive
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700+ mixed media drawings: Boundary Channel Bridge; Bridge Plaza and Water Gate; Cemetery Approach including Plaza; Cemetery Approach section 6; Cemetery Entrance - Contract section 7; Columbia Island Columns - Fluted Schemes and Section 3' Columbia Island Maps and Cemetery Sections; Columbia Island plans prior to June 19, 1934; Marine River 'God,' etc; Draw Span; drawings used for preliminary estimates included in tabulations dated November 28, 1933; Equestrian groups; drawings of J.O. Vegezzi; Equestrian pedestal; peliminary and final sketches of lamp posts; Lee Highway Bridge; Memorial entrance to cemetery (gates and fence); Seawall, Balustrade, sculpture, etc.; original working sketches for rendered drawings; Parkway approach and underpass; pedestal for Equestrian Groups
Subseries I.2: Flat drawings
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This subseries consists primarily of presentation drawings, but also includes other flattened architectural drawings and a few oversized photographs.
Madison Square Garden, plan of eighth floor above roof garden, 1894
Madison Square Garden, tower (vellum)
Madison Square Garden, elevation of lower part of tower
Madison Square Garden, section of tower up from first loggia
New York University Library, section through reading room
New York University Library, front elevation
House for Mrs. Patterson, Elevation on Burton Place
Bank of Montreal interior photograph
New York Life Insurance Company photo (poor condition)
Oakland City Hall competition presentation drawings
Boston Public Library
Washington Arch, Washington Square Park, New York City
Washington Arch, Washington Square Park, New York City, front elevation
Columbia University, drawings on trace (RESTRICTED: needs conservation)
Madison Square Presbyterian Church, mounted drawing, front elevation
Madison Square Presbyterian Church drawing
Hotel Nacional, Havana, Cuba. Charcoal on board, circa 1930
Metropolitan Museum mounted drawing by James Kellum Smitz
Mounted color drawing of unidentified building
Columbia University, aerial view (watercolor rendering, Jules Crow)
Columbia University, Unidentified university building, 1896
Columbia University, Chemical Engineering Building
Columbia University, proposed Journalism Building
Columbia University, proposed art gallery, 1928
Columbia University, layout of south field
Columbia University, East field, "Scheme A"
Columbia University, School of Natural Science, two plans on linen
Columbia University, Schermerhorn Hall, one plan on linen
Columbia University, south field, one plan on linen
Topographic survey of a part of the grounds of the Bloomingdale Asylum (site of Columbia University), 1892
Columbia University, pylons, 116th and Broadway (1 blueprint, 1 linen)
Columbia University, pylons on W. 116th St. (trace drawings)
New-York University (University Heights), half-side elevation of library dome, 1897
Colony Club, front elevation
University Club
Prospect Park, design for plaza entrance, drawing 2, 1894
JP Morgan Library, detail of loggia (linen)
J. P Morgan Library
Henry Villard residence
University Club
Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences
New Bellevue Hospital, New York City
Columbia University, Philosophy Building
C.L. Tiffany house, NYC (Monograph series, plate 5A), 1884
Pennylvania Station, New York details of main waiting room, plate 310 (Monograph series), 1885
Washington Square Arch, north elevation (Monograph series, plate 40)
Columbia University, Hamilton Hall, west elevation, college hall
Brooklyn Institute (linen)
Taylor Residence (linen)
Municipal Building (linen) (Monograph series)
Mount Royal Club, Montreal, Canada
H.A.C. Taylor house
Knickerbocker Trust Co.
University Club
Gorham Mfg. Co.
Metropolitan Club
Joseph Pulitzer house
New York Herald building
The Bowery Savings Bank
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Thomas Newbold residence
Mrs. Clarence Mackay, Roslyn, NY
St. George's School, Middletown, RI
Columbia University, Low Library plaza photograph
Pennsylvania Station, New York at street level
Municipal Building
Madison Square Presbyterian Church, main doorway
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Harvard Union, Preliminary design living room (Jules Crow)
Columbia University, Hamilton Hall, west elevation, college hall/Columbia (RESTRICTED: poor condition)
Harvard University, memorial gate, Quincy Street (includes watercolor sketch)
Amherst College Art Gallery (3 trace drawings)
Proposed parish church, Roslyn, Long Island
JP Morgan Library, trace drawing
Trinity College, Hartford, CT, Field House & Connection to Trowbridge Memorial
War memorial, Florence, Italy
Maison de France, New York City
Wharton School of Finance & Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, Bird's eye view
3 drawings of unidentified buildings (possibly the Municipal Building)
1 presentation plan of unidentified building
Pennsylvania Railroad Station Improvement, Pittsburgh, PA, 14th St. exit
Pennsylvania Railroad Station Improvement, Pittsburgh, PA, aerial view rain shed
Unidentified church, section looking toward chancel
New York Institute of the Blind, 5 different views of dormitory units
American Academy of Arts & Letters, 1 mounted drawing of south elevation
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City (plan at waiting room level, plan at street level, plan at concourse level)
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City, Record Set of Reproductions
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City, reproductions of station's working drawings
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City reproductions of station's working drawings
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City, reproductions of station's working drawings
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City, reproductions of station's working drawings
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City, reproductions of station working drawings
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City, reproductions of station's working drawings
Pennsylvania Railroad Station in New York City, proposed mural painting
Silk Center Building, Inc., drawing 8, roof and tank house plan (linen), 1925
"House A, House B"
"House D," 3 drawings
"House F," 11 drawings
"House G"
Early drawings of cottages
Sir Ronald Lindsay, full-size details for library/book room
Boston Music Hall, Symphony Hall, Boston, plans section and elevation of original design (rejected designs), Plan (neg. 51896), section (neg. 51897)
Amherst College Library, Amherst, MA (1968 collection). 4 mounted plans, 1968
Amherst College Library, Amherst, MA, longitudinal and transverse sections
Pennsylvania Station, Pittsburgh, PA, Lower concourse looking east
Pennsylvania Station, Pittsburgh, PA, Upper concourse looking east
Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT, east elevation
Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT, west elevation
Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT, west elevation, 8-story scheme
Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT, west elevation, 4-story scheme
Tennessee Memorial Competition, 2 plans
Girard College Chapel Competition, Philadelphia, PA
Custom House, competition drawing, New York
Miscellaneous houses
Country house for Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, esq., Manchester, MA (reproductions; original drawings owned by John Lastavica and Kitty Coolidge)
Prospect Park
Prospect Park
Grand Central Station Competition, ink on trace, perspective from the north
Competition for monumental memorial to Theodore Roosevelt
Unidentified project, color rendering
Unidentified drawing of bridge
Unidentified photo/plan
NY Central West Side improvement, City Structure No. 4 and Grade Crossing elimination between 72nd and 80th Street, Manhattan
New York University, Library Doors in memory of Stanford White
Renderings of unidentified buildings (2 by Jules Crow)
Bates Hall, Boston Public Library, 1/2 plan, architrave and jamb. Very poor condition. "Restricted.
Brooklyn Institute, north elevation
San Giorgio dei Schiavi, Venice, Italy, Details of concourse and paneling on walls
Cayuga Lake Hotel: view of tower, Interlaken, NY
Hotel, Tarrytown Heights, NY
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Residence (proposed), RI (attributed by Leland Roth)
Municipal Building, NYC, 2 views by Jules Crow
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY
State Savings Bank at Detroit, front elevation
First National Bank Building, lithograph (poor condition), 1908
Judson Memorial Baptist Church
Amherst College, Amherst, MA, Preliminary study for general plan (very poor condition)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, Library and gallery
National City Bank, Hong Kong branch, plan
New York Terminal Station, Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Morgan Library (photo)
Columbia University dormitories (photograph, poor condition)
Hamilton Hall, Columbia University, NYC
New York Herald building, NYC
Gorham Co. building photograph
Gorham Co. building photograph, interior
Madison Square Garden, photograph (George P. Hall)
City Hall, NYC, photograph
Harvard University buildings, 2 photographs
Town Hall, NYC, exterior photograph
MMW office rules, 1894
French certificate awarded to McKim for 1900 Universal Exposition, 1900
Pyne Residence, NYC. Floor plans, blueprint, mounted drawing
Proposed library, Port Chester, NY
Moore Laboratory of Chemistry, Amherst, MA, study for setting for portrait and memorial tablet
Davenport Memorial Squash Building, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, south elevation
Davenport Memorial Squash Building, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, north elevation
Chicago World's Fair buildings (photo, very poor condition)
Henry Villard residence (watercolor)
Pennsylvania Station, New York City, presentation drawing, Jules Crow (watercolor)
Pennsylvania Station, New York City, presentation drawing, Jules Crow (watercolor)
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Gould Memorial, entrance doors, photograph
John W. Weeks Bridge, Cambridge, MA, photograph
United States Post Office, NYC (3 drawings)
Winifred Masterson Burke Relief Foundation, White Plains, NY
McKinley Birthplace Memorial Competition, front elevation and first floor plan
Savoy Plaza Hotel
House for L.C. Hanna, Cleveland, OH
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, NYC, interior photograph
Court of the States, 1939 World's Fair, New York, photograph, 1939
Women's Dormitories South Campus Project
Trinity Church, Roslyn, LI. Mounted linen, front elevation
Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, main entrance
McKinley Birthplace Memorial Competition, front elevation and first floor plan
American Military Cemetery, Florence, Italy, prelimary study
Princeton University, Field House
Bank of Montreal (Wall Street), assorted blueprints
Bank of Montreal (Montreal), assorted blueprints; detail drawings of lamps
Bank of Montreal (Winnipeg), assorted blueprints
Barnard College, structural blueprints
Beard Residence, entrance elevation and studies of rooms
Bellevue Hospital, blueprints (water main, garage, site plan)
Royal Trust Company, drawings on tissue
Governors Island Ventilation Building
Hotel Pennsylvania Floor Plans
Charles Adsitt, Esq. Hornsville, NY. Sketch of house.
General Note
This drawing is signed "McKim Mead and Bigelow"