Item Info
Item No: pdcf00318
Title: McPherson Square Branch
Additional Title: View of the rehabilitated interior of the McPherson Square Branch, 1961
Historic Street Address:
601 East Indiana Avenue
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Set in McPherson Square Park, the McPherson Square Branch opened in the repurposed Webster Mansion on July 5, 1898. The mansion was torn down in 1915; the new building, erected on the same site in 1917, became the 19th Andrew Carnegie-funded Free Library branch.
This view from October 1961 shows the rehabilitation of the interior, in particular new flooring, fluorescent lighting, and re-plastering and painting.
The McPherson Square Branch serves the neighborhoods of Kensington, McPherson Square, and Kensington & Allegheny. It is located near the Allegheny El station.
Creation Year: 1961
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.119972
Geocode Latitude:39.994181
Creator Name: Lawrence S. Williams, Inc. - Photographer