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Roxborough Branch

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Item No: pdcf00443
Title: Roxborough Branch
Additional Title: Interior view of the Roxborough Branch, ca. 1896
Historic Street Address: Ridge & Lyceum Avenues
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

The Roxborough Lyceum, built in 1856, housed several libraries until 1896, when it became the Roxborough Branch of the Free Library. This is a ca. 1896 interior view of the branch.

In 1908, the branch closed; then in 1960, it reopened in a rented former supermarket building. In 1969, it moved into a new building, just two blocks away.

The Roxborough Branch serves the communities of Roxborough, Manayunk, and Wissahickon.


Creation Year: ca. 1896
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.214504
Geocode Latitude:40.032849