Beyond the Gilded Age

 The LOW MEMORIAL LIBRARY at Columbia University designed by MCKIM, MEAD & WHITE c. 1897 in NEW YORK CITY.  The building served as the university's main library until 1934 and now functions a...

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 The J. BROOKS NICHOLS estate designed by CHITTENDEN & KOTTING c. 1915 in Grosse Pointe, MICHIGAN. Nichols was a director of the U.S. Radiator Corp. and treasurer and director of Detroit Pri...

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 The FORT WILLIAM HENRY HOTEL designed by HENRY J. HARDENBERGH c. 1911 in Lake George, NEW YORK.  The first incarnation of the hotel opened in 1855 but was completely destroyed by fire in th...

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 The HOTEL MCALPIN designed by FRANK MILLS ANDREWS c. 1912 at Broadway and 34th Street in NEW YORK CITY.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the Hotel McAlpin.  Click HERE to see the hote...

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Dedicated to an era long gone featuring architectural photographs of houses, hotels, apartment and office buildings, civic institutions and more...many of which are no longer standing.

http://www.beyondthegildedage.com/2014/03/skyscrapers-of-new-york-city-1903.html

Dedicated to an era long gone featuring architectural photographs of houses, hotels, apartment and office buildings, civic institutions and more...many of which are no longer standing.

http://www.beyondthegildedage.com/2014/03/mighty-manhattan-new-yorks-wonder-city.html

Dedicated to an era long gone featuring architectural photographs of houses, hotels, apartment and office buildings, civic institutions and more...many of which are no longer standing.

http://www.beyondthegildedage.com/2014/03/driving-around-new-york-city-1928.html

 The DUDLEY PETER ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM designed by CASS GILBERT c. 1917 at Oberlin College in Oberlin, OHIO.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the building and HERE to see it on goog...

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 'FAIRMORE', the MARK SKINNER WILLING residence designed by FROST & GRANGER c. 1900 in Lake Forest, ILLINOIS and pictured here under the ownership of MRS. CHARLES I. DANGLER.  I am unsure if ...

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 The JOSEPH EARLE STEVENS residence designed by WALKER & GILLETTE between 1909-1912 in Tuxedo Park, NEW YORK.  In 1898 Stevens published a book titled Yesterdays in the Philippines, click HER...

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The accompanying interiors to 'Villa Turicum', the Harold F. McCormick estate designed by Charles Platt between 1908-1918 in Lake Forest, Illinois.  Click HERE for more on 'Villa Turicum'. ...

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 'VILLA TURICUM', the HAROLD FOWLER MCCORMICK estate designed by CHARLES A. PLATT between 1908-1918 in Lake Forest, ILLINOIS.  McCormick, son of CYRUS H. MCCORMICK of Lake Forest , was cha...

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HARPERLEY HALL designed by HENRY W. WILKERSON c. 1910 at 41 Central Park West and West 64th Street in NEW YORK CITY.  Click HERE to see floor plans to the building and HERE to see Harperl...

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 THE FRANCES BUILDING designed by C.P.H. GILBERT c. 1911 at 665 5th Avenue at 53rd Street in NEW YORK CITY.  Financed by EDWARD HOLBROOK , the building was designed to house a bank on the gro...

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 Two articles from The Brickbuilder published in December 1906 on STANFORD WHITE following his murder the previous June.  The first is titled Stanford White - His Work by C. HOWARD WALKER a...

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 The JOHN ROLL MCLEAN residence greatly enlarged and designed by John Russell Pope c. 1907 at 1500 I Street in Washington D.C.  Following McLean's death in 1916 the residence was inherited b...

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The WILLIAM COLLINS WHITNEY residence originally built for ROBERT L. STUART by WILLIAM SCHICKEL c. 1883 with substantial alterations for Whitney by MCKIM, MEAD & WHITE c. 1901 at 871 Fifth Ave...

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 The WILLARD HOTEL designed (altered) by HENRY J. HARDENBERGH c. 1901 at 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue in WASHINGTON D.C.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the Willard Hotel and HERE to see it o...

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BETHESDA TERRACE  in New York City's CENTRAL PARK as seen in 1899.  The prominent park feature was already over 25 years old when the photo was taken.  Photo from The New Metropolis, 1899.

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 The UNIVERSITY CLUB OF CHICAGO designed by HOLABIRD & ROCHE c. 1908 in Chicago, ILLINOIS.  Click HERE for more and HERE to see the club on google street view. ...

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 The ADOLPH BERNARD SPRECKELS residence designed by KENNETH MACDONALD JR. c. 1912 in San Francisco, CALIFORNIA.  Spreckels was the head of SPRECKELS SUGAR COMPANY and donated the Palace of...

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 The CLARENCE HOWARD CLARK JR.  residence designed by CHARLES BARTON KEEN between 1910-1914 in Devon, PENNSYLVANIA.  Clark, a financier, was partner at E.W. Clark & Co. and president of the...

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 THE LINKS CLUB altered and seen here by CROSS & CROSS c. 1916 at 36 East 62nd Street in NEW YORK CITY.  Co-founded by CHARLES BLAIR MACDONALD of 'BALLYSHEAR ' in Southampton, the club's pu...

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 The CARSON C. PECK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL designed by LUDLOW & PEABODY c. 1918 in Brooklyn, NEW YORK CITY.  Click HERE for a 1919 NYTimes article on the opening of the hospital which closed in t...

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 'SEVEN SPRINGS', the EUGENE MEYER estate designed by CHARLES A. PLATT c. 1918 in Mt. Kisco, NEW YORK.  Meyer was Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve from 1930-1933 and subsequently...

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