Charles Follen McKim, in his design for…

1899 CE

Charles Follen McKim, in his design for the University Club, continues to express the formal tradition of the Italian Renaissance.

Erected in 1899, in a Mediterranean Revival Italian Renaissance palazzo-style, the building is particularly noted for its reading room (with ceiling murals by H. Siddons Mowbray modeled after the Vatican Apartments), dining room, and the attempt made by the architects to disguise a nine-story building behind what seems to be a three-story facade.

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View of University Club of New York. Looking north across west 54th Street on on a sunny afternoon in springtime. (Photo taken 20 April 2008 by Jim.henderson)

View of University Club of New York. Looking north across west 54th Street on on a sunny afternoon in springtime. (Photo taken 20 April 2008 by Jim.henderson)

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