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Boston Public Library, McKim Building, Dartmouth Street facade, 1911.

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English: Boston Public Library, McKim Building, Dartmouth Street facade, 1911.

Identifier: publiclibraryo00wadl (find matches)
Title: The Public Library of the city of Boston : a history
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Wadlin, Horace Greeley, 1851-1925
Subjects: Boston Public Library
Publisher: Boston : Printed at the Library and published by the Trustees
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Caption: The Copley Square Building.
Location of Library since 1895. Architects, McKim, Mead & White. Facades constructed of Milford (Mass.) granite, with free use on the interior of Siena, Numidian, Échaillon, Georgian, and other marbles, and of stone. Mural decorations on the interior by John S. Sargent, Edwin A. Abbey, Puvis de Chavannes, and John Elliott; decorative painting by Elmer E. Garnsey and Joseph Lindon Smith; statuary (on main stairway) by Louis Saint-Gaudens; bronze entrance doors by Daniel C. French; Library seal over main entrance by Augustus Saint-Gaudens; medallions sculptured in the spandrels of principal window arches by Domingo Mora. The pedestal blocks flanking main entrance will carry statuary by Bela L. Pratt.

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Author Wadlin, Horace Greeley, 1851-1925
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  • bookyear:1911
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Wadlin__Horace_Greeley__1851_1925
  • booksubject:Boston_Public_Library
  • bookpublisher:Boston___Printed_at_the_Library_and_published_by_the_Trustees
  • bookcontributor:Robarts___University_of_Toronto
  • booksponsor:University_of_Toronto
  • bookleafnumber:11
  • bookcollection:robarts
  • bookcollection:toronto
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