Partial Column, from Penn Station, 31st to 33rd Streets between 7th and 8th Avenues, NYC (demolished 1964)
ca. 1910
Charles Follen McKim
American Art
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.
- Maker/Artist
- McKim, Charles Follen
- Classification
- Architectural Element
- Formatted Medium
- Travertine marble
- Medium
- travertine, marble
- Dimensions
- 145 x 136 in. (368.3 x 345.4 cm) Base: 57 x 57 in. (144.8 x 144.8 cm)
- Departments
- American Art
- Accession Number
- 66.250.2
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lipsett Incorported
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
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