Clear in its commitment to carrying out such a wide-ranging and historic mission, and led by a new president, Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia is proud to celebrate its 250th anniversary and look ahead to the achievements to come. In 1897, the university moved from Forty-ninth Street and Madison Avenue, where it had stood for forty years, to its present location on Morningside Heights at 116th Street and Broadway. Seth Low, the president of the University at the time of the move, sought to create an academic village in a more spacious setting. Charles Follen McKim of the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White modeled the new campus after the Athenian agora. The Columbia campus comprises the largest single collection of McKim, Mead & White buildings in existence. The architectural centerpiece of the campus is Low Memorial Library, named in honor of Seth Low’s father.
ក្នុង 1897, សាកលវិទ្យាល័យនេះបានផ្លាស់ប្តូរពីសែសិបប្រាំបួនផ្លូវ Madison Avenue ផ្លូវនិង, ដែលជាកន្លែងដែលវាបានឈរអស់រយៈពេលសែសិបឆ្នាំ, ទៅទីតាំងបច្ចុប្បន្នរបស់ខ្លួននៅលើ Morningside កម្ពស់ 116 ផ្លូវនិងក្រុម Broadway. សេតទាប, ប្រធានសាកលវិទ្យាល័យនៅពេលការផ្លាស់ប្តូរនេះ, ស្វែងរកដើម្បីបង្កើតភូមិសិក្សាមួយនៅក្នុងការកំណត់ទូលាយច្រើនទៀត. លោក Charles Follen McKim ក្រុមហ៊ុនស្ថាបត្យកម្មនៃ McKim, មាឌ, និងសយកគំរូតាមបរិវេណសាលាថ្មីនេះបន្ទាប់ពី agora Athenian នេះ. បរិវេណ Columbia បានមានការប្រមូលតែមួយគត់ធំបំផុតនៃ McKim, មាឌ & អគារសនៅក្នុងជីវិត.