Large Ionic Column in the Brooklyn Museum Sculpture Garden, August 2007

Partial Column, from Penn Station, 31st to 33rd Streets between 7th and 8th Avenues, NYC (demolished 1964)

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.

DESIGNER Charles Follen McKim

ARCHITECT McKim, Mead & White, American, active 1872-1961

COMMISSIONED BY Pennsylvania Railroad (Alexander Cassatt, President)

MEDIUM Travertine marble

DATES ca. 1910

DIMENSIONS 145 x 136 in. (368.3 x 345.4 cm) Base: 57 x 57 in. (144.8 x 144.8 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS American Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 66.250.2

CREDIT LINE Gift of Youngstown Cartage Co. and New York Improvement & Development

CAPTION Charles Follen McKim. 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). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Youngstown Cartage Co. and New York Improvement & Development, 66.250.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.66.250.2.jpg)

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Truncated column with base, capital, and partial shaft. Originally installed in the Pennsylvania Station waiting room. A set of six ionic columns flanked each of the stairways leading from the 31st and 33rd street entrances to the main waiting room.

Text from: www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/90655