Katharine Drexel/Knights Road Branch
Historical Images of Philadelphia Free Library Departments and Branches
Item Info
Item No: pdcf00208
Title: Katharine Drexel/Knights Road Branch
Additional Title: Architect's rendering for the Knights Road Branch, ca. 1965
Historic Street Address:
11099 Knights Road
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
The Knights Road Branch of the Free Library opened on September 24, 1969. Two months later, it was renamed the Katharine Drexel Branch, in honor of the Philadelphia heiress who, upon entering a religious life in 1891, founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, an order devoted to the education of African American and Native American children. This is a ca. 1965 photograph of the architect's (Thalheimer & Weitz) rendering for the new branch.
Located at Knights and Fairdale Roads, this branch serves the communities of Normandy, North and West Torresdale, Morrell Park, Millbrook, Parkwood, Crestmont Farms, Brookhaven, and Walton Park.
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-74.973392
Geocode Latitude:40.084011