York and Sawyer

York and Sawyer was an American architectural firm active between 1898 and 1949, subsequently as the Office of York & Sawyer, Architects; Kiff, Colean, Voss & Souder into the mid-1950s; and was succeeded by Kiff, Colean, Voss & Souder, who were active as late as 1965.

The original partners Edward York and Philip Sawyer both trained in the office of McKim, Mead & White in the 1890s.

Their ability to organize, separate and coordinate mixed uses in a building is exemplified by their massive New York Athletic Club.

of Drawings & Archives at Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University in New York City.

Their successor firm, Kiff, Colean, Voss & Souder, were leaders in hospital design.