Partial Column, from Penn Station, 31st to 33rd Streets between 7th and 8th Avenues, NYC (demolished 1964)
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This truncated shaft was one of the enormous columns that stood at the north and south ends of the Waiting Room in the original Pennsylvania Station, a vast railroad-terminal complex whose style was inspired by ancient Roman baths. Completed in 1910, the station was demolished in 1963.
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Charles Follen McKim; McKim, Mead & White (American, active 1872–1961). Partial Column, from Penn Station, 31st to 33rd Streets between 7th and 8th Avenues, NYC (demolished 1964), ca. 1910. Travertine marble, 145 x 136 in. (368.3 x 345.4 cm) Base: 57 x 57 in. (144.8 x 144.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Lipsett Incorported, 66.250.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Partial Column, from Penn Station, 31st to 33rd Streets between 7th and 8th Avenues, NYC (demolished 1964)
Date
ca. 1910
Medium
Travertine marble
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Dimensions
145 x 136 in. (368.3 x 345.4 cm) Base: 57 x 57 in. (144.8 x 144.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lipsett Incorported
Accession Number
66.250.2
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