Item Info
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
The Haddington Branch of the Free Library opened on December 3, 1915. Albert Kelsey, an architect who chaired the committee to develop the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, designed the building. The Haddington Branch was the 18th library building erected using funds from Andrew Carnegie. The land for the library was donated by Alex Simpson, Jr.
This 1915 exterior view shows a building constructed of brick and limestone, combining Beaux-Arts formality with Renaissance Revival and other symbolic motifs, modified to incorporate the characteristic local Philadelphia architecture of red brick and white terra cotta trim.
Located at the top of a hill, at 65th Street & Girard Avenue, the library serves the communities of Haddington-Carroll Park and Overbrook-Morris Park.
Creation Year: 1915
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.249613
Geocode Latitude:39.970618
Creator Name: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 - Photographer