Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Library Image Address Historical notes; Adams Street Library: 9 Adams Street The branch opened on October 12, 2021, and was the first new branch opened in nearly 40 years. [2] Arlington Library: 203 Arlington Avenue The branch was originally known as the East Branch and officially opened on November 7, 1906; it was renovated from 1950–52 and ...
Adams Street library branch. The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)'s Adams Street branch is located at 9 Adams Street, between John and Plymouth Streets. [61] The 6,000-square-foot (560 m 2) Adams Street branch, designed by WORKac, occupies a former factory. [62] The branch started construction in 2020 and cost $7 million to build. [63]
It was later renamed as the Dr. B.L. Perry Jr. Branch Library, after the former Florida A&M University president[link to wiki page]. The library was moved to a new 10,000-square-foot building on South Adams Street in 2001, then a 3,00 square foot expansion was added onto that building in November 2010 with a ribbon cutting ceremony reveal.
The stone library is a separate structure on the Peacefield grounds. The library was built in 1870 by Charles Francis Adams [5] following the wishes of his father John Quincy, who had wanted to protect his books from "accidental conflagration." The library contains a large variety of books belonging to various members of the family, the largest ...
114 W. Adams St. Opened 1901. On property adjacent to the Library is the former Erie County Jail, built in 1883. In 1996, the Library purchased the Jail from Erie County and embarked upon a $10 million expansion project to renovate and connect the two National Register of Historic Places buildings with new space.
Parker Hill Branch, 1497 Tremont Street, Roxbury. The first location opened just down the street at 1518 Tremont Street in 1907 before moving to the current Gothic-style building in 1931, which was designed by Ralph Adams Cram. [82] South Boston. South Boston Branch, 646 East Broadway, South Boston. "The South Boston Branch first opened in ...
In 1815, the purchase of Jefferson's book collection formed a core foundation for the library's collection. The building is located on First Street, S.E. between Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street in the federal national capital city of Washington, D.C., across from the United States Capitol on Capitol Hill.
The Arverne branch was located at Beach 75th Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Arverne, from 1915-1921. It moved to 488 Beach 66th Street in 1922, and was there until 1935. From 1951-1964, it was located at 339 Beach 54th Street, until it moved into its current location at 312 Beach 54th Street, Arverne in 1964. [2] 2: Astoria