File:GENERAL VIEW OF INTERIOR, MAIN READING ROOM, LOOKING SOUTHEAST WITH SEATED PATRON IN FOREGROUND - Free Library of Philadelphia, Falls of Schuylkill Branch, 3501 Midvale Avenue, HABS PA-6764-10.tif
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editGENERAL VIEW OF INTERIOR, MAIN READING ROOM, LOOKING SOUTHEAST WITH SEATED PATRON IN FOREGROUND - Free Library of Philadelphia, Falls of Schuylkill Branch, 3501 Midvale Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA | |||||
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Photographer |
Elliott, Joseph E., creator |
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Title |
GENERAL VIEW OF INTERIOR, MAIN READING ROOM, LOOKING SOUTHEAST WITH SEATED PATRON IN FOREGROUND - Free Library of Philadelphia, Falls of Schuylkill Branch, 3501 Midvale Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA |
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Description |
Carnegie, Andrew; Rankin, Kellogg and Crane, architect; Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, sponsor |
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Depicted place | Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County; Philadelphia | ||||
Date | 2007 | ||||
Dimensions | 4 x 5 in. | ||||
Current location |
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print |
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Accession number |
HABS PA-6764-10 |
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Philadelphia was the recipient of one of the largest Carnegie grants for library construction. Although the city was among the first to establish a free library system, it had no purpose-built structures prior to the Carnegie endowment. The branch libraries were built between 1905 and 1930, under the direction of the city appointed Carnegie Fund Committee, and designed by a "who's-who" of Philadelphia's architects. The twenty extant branch libraries remain as a remarkable intact and cohesive grouping, rivaled only by that of New York City, with fifty-seven. The Falls of the Schuylkill Branch was designed by the well-known architectural firm of Rankin, Kellogg and Crane. It is among the most elaborate of the branch libraries, erected in a Tudor Gothic style rather than the more staid Beaux Arts of most of the other branch libraries. It also differs from the typical branch in that it lacks the rear ell section that results in a T-shaped configuration. Its sloped site allows for a distinctive and easily accessible entry into the basement lecture hall. The lot was donated to the city by William H. Merrick and the Warden Estate. Prior to the construction of the branch library, Falls of the Schuylkill enjoyed a Free Library deposit station, which was established within a local church in 1901.
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Source | https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa4082.photos.574003p | ||||
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