Item Info
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. On May 25th of that year, the library dedicated this memorial monument to those Mt. Airy residents who died serving in WWI. The boulder is from Valley Forge, and included a bronze plaque with the 35 names of those honored. In this 1991 photograph, taken by the Philadelphia Daily News, branch librarian Karen Crist indicates where the plaque, stolen in 1984, used to be.
The Lovett Memorial Branch serves the communities of East and West Mount Airy.
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.187471
Geocode Latitude:40.056465
Creator Name: Faircloth, E. W. - Photographer
Philadelphia Daily News (Firm) - Photographer