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Kenneth M. Murchison
Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison, Jr. (September 29, 1872 – December 15, 1938) was a prominent American Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts and Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architect. Early life He was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1872. Murchison graduated from Columbia University in 1894 and from the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France, in 1900. Career Two years after graduating from the École des Beaux-Arts, he opened an office in New York City, New York where his first major commissions were for railroad stations for the Pennsylvania Railroad company. Among the stations he designed are Hoboken Terminal in New Jersey; the NFTA Rail Maintenance Yard, Lackawanna Terminal and the Lehigh Valley Terminal, both in Buffalo, New York; and Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore), Baltimore Pennsylvania Station. In New York, he was well known as one of the founders of the Beaux Arts Balls, elaborate costume parties benefiting architects who had fall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behind New York County (Manhattan). Brooklyn is also New York City's most populous borough,2010 Gazetteer for New York State . Retrieved September 18, 2016. with 2,736,074 residents in 2020. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn is located on the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
