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McKim, Mead, and White

McKim, Mead, and White was the premier architectural firm in the eastern United States at the turn of the twentieth century. The firm consisted of Charles McKim[?], William Mead[?], and Stanford White. McKim and White studied under Henry Hobson Richardson[?] before forming their own firm. They were associated with the City beautiful[?] and Beaux arts[?] movements, that aimed to clean up the confusion of American cities and imbue them with a sense of order and formality.

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