Thursday, March 1, 2012

Library Building, Millersville State Normal School, Millersville, Pennsylvania

[LIB6459]- Millersville University was established in 1855 as the Lancaster County Normal School, the first state normal school in Pennsylvania. It subsequently changed its name to the Millersville State Normal School in 1859 and Millersville later became a state teacher’s college in 1928. [Wikipedia]

1906 Public Library, Toledo, Ohio

1905 Memorial Library, Everett, Massachusetts

[LIB6457] - The Frederick E. Parlin Memorial Library was erected as a memorial to the son of Albert Parlin, a local businessman who lost his son Frederick in 1890. John Spofford was selected as the architect to design the new library. The building was constructed in Richardson Romanesque style and opened to the public on September 17, 1895. [From the website]

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