# Charles McKim — Sticks and Stones character guide

> Charles McKim in Sticks and Stones by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Charles McKim, Mr. McKim, McKim

**First appearance:** 0006-iii

## Who they are

Beaux-Arts architect, partner in McKim, Mead & White.

## Relationships

### [Daniel Burnham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/characters/daniel_burnham)

_professional_

They were prominent architects and close colleagues, often collaborating on major Beaux-Arts projects.

### [H. H. Richardson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/characters/h_h_richardson)

_professional_

McKim was a younger architect who respected Richardson but later moved toward a more refined Beaux-Arts classicism.

### [Stanford White](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/characters/stanford_white)

_professional_

They were partners in the famed architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, collaborating on many iconic buildings.

### [Daniel Burnham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/characters/daniel_burnham)

_professional_

They were prominent architects and close colleagues, often collaborating on major Beaux-Arts projects.

## In the story

### [The Brooklyn Bridge and the Limits of Romanticism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iv)

Pupil of Richardson who, with Stanford White, prepared a new architectural mold for the post-frontier period.

### [VI: The Imperial Façade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/vi-the-imperial-fa-ade)

Architect of the Pennsylvania Station and New York Public Library; criticized for prioritizing classical form over functional needs.

### [Chapter II: The Imperial Age and the City Beautiful](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as a key architect of the imperial style; criticized for withdrawing from the New York Public Library competition due to functional demands, and for the Boston Library's failure to meet practical needs.

### [The Imperial Age and Its Architectural Legacy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iii)

Referenced as the teacher of Henry Bacon.

### [VII: The Age of the Machine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/vii-the-age-of-the-machine)

Recalled for his enthusiasm over Burnham's Illinois Trust and Savings Bank design, which was later doomed by commercial expansion.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/i)

Mentioned for his enthusiasm over Burnham's design for the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, which was later doomed by commercial pressures.

### [Biographical Studies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iii-biographical-studies)

Subject of 'Charles Follen McKim' by A. H. Granger.

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