This blog represents a collection of postcards that focuses on libraries in the United States and throughout the world.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Library, Springfield, Ohio
[LIB10605] Warder Public Library is a historically significant building in Springfield, Ohio, United States. A robust example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, it was a gift to the city from industrialist Benjamin H. Warder, and served as the main branch of the Clark County Public Library from 1890 to 1989. It now houses the Clark County (Warder) Literacy Center. [wikipedia]
Architectural Rendering, Library, Belleville, New Jersey
[LIB10603] - Andrew Carnegie funded the construction of the Belleville Public Library & Information Center in 1911, one of 1,681 Carnegie Libraries across America. [website]
1908 Public Library, New Brunswick, New Jersey
[LIB10602] - In its historic building, the New Brunswick Free Public Library strives to give personalized, quality service to the community. The library traces its roots back to the 1796 Union Library Company. The present library, incorporated in 1890, has been serving the community for over a century from its Carnegie building (completed in 1903) on Livingston Avenue. [website]
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
1935 Library, Montrose, Pennsylvania
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