Who Built the Bookman's Paradise?

ARCHITECTS
McKim, Mead & White

LEAD ARCHITECT
Charles Follen McKim

PROJECT STAFF
Burt Fenner, William Mitchell Kendall, George F. Martin, Gustave E. Wolters

DRAFTERS
Will S. Aldrich, Ernest Isbell Barott, William Mitchell Kendall, August Reuling, William J. Sayward, Gorham Phillips Stevens, Thomas Wight

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Charles T. Wills (A. H. Tyson, superintendent)

EXTERIOR MARBLE CONTRACTOR
Robert C. Fisher Co. (Edward B. Tompkins, president)

ADVISERS TO ARCHITECT
E. Gordon Duff, Daniel Chester French, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Waldo Story, Sir Aston Webb

ADVISERS TO CLIENT
Junius Spencer Morgan II, Herbert L. Satterlee, and Belle da Costa Greene (librarian)

ANTIQUE ELEMENTS
Stefano Bardini, Riccardo Nobili

ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS
Hughson Hawley, Henry Bacon

BATHROOM FITTINGS
The Meyer-Sniffen Co., Ltd.

BLUESTONE SIDEWALK
Augustus Meyers

BRONZE AND IRONWORK
Wm. H. Jackson Company (Joseph W. Lautry, A. Barr)

BUILDING SITE ENCLOSURES
Kidd, McKay & Henschen; A. Milton Napier; Norcross Brothers

CABINETRY
Library Bureau (Nathaniel B. H. Parker)

CARPENTRY
Kidd, McKay & Henschen

CEILING PAINTING (DECORATIVE)
H. Siddons Mowbray, James Wall Finn

CEILING SETTING T. D.
Wadelton

CEILING VAULTING
R. Guastavino Co.

CHIMNEY RECONSTRUCTION
John Whitley

CIRCULAR STAIRWAY
William H. Atkinson Co.

CONSULTING ENGINEER
Alfred R. Wolff

DEMOLITION
C. H. Southard

DOORS (INTERIOR)
The Hiss Company (H. T. Blodgett)

ELECTRICAL FIXTURES
Edward F. Caldwell & Co.

ELECTRICAL WORK
Johnston Livingston, Jr. & Co. (Albin Gustafson)

ELEVATOR
Otis Elevator Company (Frederick E. Town)

EXCAVATION
John Slattery

FENCE
Wm. H. Jackson Company, James Sinclair & Company, Robert C. Fisher & Co.

FIREPROOFING
John W. Rapp

FLOOR TILING
Wm. H. Jackson Company

FLOORING
G. W. Koch & Son; Kidd, McKay & Henschen

FOUNDATIONS
Charles T. Wills FURNITURE Cowtan and Sons (A. Barnard Cowtan)

GLASS
Sutphen & Myer

GRANITE
M. McGrath & Co.

GRANOLITHIC PAVING
R. H. Jaffray & Co.

GUARDRAILS
Jno. Williams

GUTTERS
John Seton

HARDWARE
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company

HEATING
Walker & Pratt Manufacturing Co. (C. Frank Whittemore)

HEATING REGISTERS
Tuttle & Bailey Mfg Co.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Beatrix Jones (later Farrand)

MARBLE COLUMNS AND BENCHES
Eugene Glaenzer, Charles Mannheim, Alessandro Marcocchia, George Williams

MASONRY
Charles T. Wills

MOSAIC WALL TILE
Robert C. Fisher & Co.

PLASTER AND MODELING
Herman Beitz, Buehler & Lauter, Piccirilli Brothers

PLUMBING
W. H. Spelman

ROOFING
Charles T. Wills

SCULPTURE
Andrew O’Connor, Edward Clark Potter, Adolph Weinman

SECURITY SYSTEM
Holmes Electric Protective Co.

SHADES
W. & J. Sloane

SHUTTERS
James G. Wilson Manufacturing Co.

SKYLIGHTS
John Seton

STAINED AND LEADED GLASS INSTALLATION
Cottier & Co.

STONE CARVING
Robert C. Fisher & Co. (exterior), Piccirilli Brothers (tympanum)

STONE SETTING
William Angus

STONE SUPPLIER
John M. Ross

STRUCTURAL STEEL
James E. Brooks Co.

SURVEYING
Francis W. Ford

VACUUM SWEEPING SYSTEM
David T. Kenney Co.

VAULT LINING AND DOOR
Herring-Hall- Marvin Safe Co.

WALL COVERINGS
John and James Dobson via Cowtan and Sons (supplier), William Baumgarten & Co. (installation)

WINDOW GUARDS
The Lobel-Andrews Company

We also acknowledge the many additional tradespeople and laborers, their names unknown to us today, who contributed in countless ways to the Library building, as well as the many who have worked to preserve and maintain it for more than a century.