Katharine Drexel/Knights Road Branch
Historical Images of Philadelphia Free Library Departments and Branches
Item Info
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
The Knights Road Branch of the Free Library opened on September 24, 1969. It was renamed the Katharine Drexel Branch later that year, in honor of the Philadelphia heiress who founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, an order devoted to the education of African American and Native American children. She was named a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in 2000.
Pictured here, in 1970, is sculptor Evelyn Keyser in her studio, in the early stages of her teakwood sculpture, “The Reading Bench,” for the Katharine Drexel Branch. It was commissioned as part of the 1% For Art initiative.
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.
Creation Year: 1970
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-74.973392
Geocode Latitude:40.084011