Seth Low
American
Lineage
- Father Abiel Abbot Low
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| Significant name | Wakefield Public Library | Wakefield, NH | |||||
| 1865/00/00 | The Low family make their home at Algonac (lost) near Newburgh, New York. | Home | The Algonac | Balmville | |||
| 1894/00/00 | Seth Low's leadership brings Columbia to the Morningside site. His sense of the monumental importance of a great university and it's civic responsibility is reflected in the master plan commissioned from Charles Follen McKim of McKim, Mead and White. | Benefactor | Columbia University, Morningside | ||||
| 1895/00/00 | The Low Memorial Library of Columbia University is built by University President Seth Low as the school's central library. Financed with $1 million of Low's own money, he named it in memory of his father, Abiel Abbot Low. | Benefactor | Low Memorial Library | New York City | |||
| 1899/05/17 | Delegate Seth Low joins the American Commission to the Peace Conference at the house of the American Minister Stanford Newel. | Work | Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 |