File:PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF SOUTHWEST FRONT FACADE - Free Library of Philadelphia, Kingsessing Branch, 1201 South 51st Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA HABS PA-6755-5.tif
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PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF SOUTHWEST FRONT FACADE - Free Library of Philadelphia, Kingsessing Branch, 1201 South 51st Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA | |||||
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Elliott, Joseph E., creator |
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Title |
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF SOUTHWEST FRONT FACADE - Free Library of Philadelphia, Kingsessing Branch, 1201 South 51st Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA |
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Description |
Carnegie, Andrew; Johnson, Philip H., architect; Preservation Alliance of Greater Phildelphia, sponsor |
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Depicted place | Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County; Philadelphia | ||||
Date | 2007 | ||||
Dimensions | 4 x 5 in. | ||||
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print |
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HABS PA-6755-5 |
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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. Kingsessing Branch was designed by Philip H. Johnson, an architect for the city. This was the first of three branch libraries that he designed; the other two are the Greenwich (no longer extant) and Wyoming branches. The Kingsessing Branch is typical of Philadelphia's Carnegie-funded branch libraries, following the almost formulaic pattern of brick construction, understated Beaux Arts styling, and T-plan configuration that came to define Carnegie Libraries in Philadelphia and nationwide. The library derives its name from the Native American word "Chincessing" meaning "bog meadow," that was given to this area along the Schuylkill River by Dutch and Swedish settlers.
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Source | https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa4073.photos.573924p | ||||
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