Download or read book Boston Public Library written by Catherine J. Willis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boston Public Library (BPL) was the first large municipally funded public library in the United States. Although the library was founded in 1848, the original idea was first proposed by French ventriloquist Alexandre Vattemare in 1841. In 1854, the library opened to the public in two rooms in a schoolhouse on Mason Street. Just four years later, the building on Boylston Street opened with 88,789 items. In 1871, the BPL was the first library in the country to open a branch, and by 1895, when the new central library was opened in Copley Square, 29 branches and reading rooms had opened. Charles Follen McKim was the principal architect of the new building, which is noted for its perfect proportions, magnificent murals, and beautiful ornamentation throughout the building. The tremendous growth of the library made it necessary to build an addition, and in 1972, the new building designed by Philip Johnson was opened.

Download or read book The Boston Public Library Central Library Building written by Boston Public Library and Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Boston Public Library Central Library Building A Condensed Guide written by BOSTON, Massachusetts. Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Working of the Boston Public Library written by Josiah Henry Benton and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Welcome to Boston s Central Library Building written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Public Library of the City of Boston A History written by Horace Greeley Wadlin and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Boston Public Library Central Library Boston Massachusetts written by Providence Associates, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Boston Public Library written by Boston Public Library Employees Benefit Association and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Letter of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library to Mayor Quincy Respecting the Completion of the Central Library Building written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Boston Public Library written by Walter Muir Whitehill and published by Cambridge : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1956 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Boston Public Library".

Download or read book Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public Library of the Cty of Boston written by Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 37th report, 1889, has atlas of plates (35 cm.) illustrating new building.

Download or read book Boston Public Library written by and published by . This book was released on 201? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proceedings on the Occasion of Laying the Corner stone of the New Library Building of the City of Boston written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Boston Public Library Central Library Master Plan written by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronology of the library 1841-1901: 50th report, 1901/02.

Download or read book Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of the New Public Library in Boston written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: