Item Info
Item No: pdcf00279
Title: Lovett Memorial Branch
Additional Title: Exterior side view of Lovett Memorial Branch, ca. 1958
Historic Street Address:
6945 Germantown Avenue
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
In 1887, Charlotte Lovett Bostwick built and endowed the Lovett Memorial Free Library, in memory of her brother, Thomas R. Lovett. The main building was designed by architect Ashton Tourison. In 1891, a rounded wing, designed by Robert B. Cridland, was added as a reading room. In 1924, the library became a branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia.
A much-needed new addition was opened in 1961, in turn converting the original Tourison building into a beautiful Victorian lecture hall, and the Cridland wing into staff work space. This 1958 exterior photograph gives an excellent view of the Cridland wing, just prior to the construction of the new addition.
The Lovett Memorial Branch serves the communities of East and West Mount Airy.
Creation Year: ca. 1958
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.187471
Geocode Latitude:40.056465