Item Info
Item No: pdcf00450
Title: Roxborough Branch
Additional Title: Interior view of the Roxborough Branch, 1973
Historic Street Address:
6245 Ridge Avenue
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
The Roxborough Branch opened as a Free Library branch in 1896, in the Roxborough Lyceum (built in the mid-1800s). In 1908, the branch closed, as two new Andrew Carnegie-funded branches opened in the nearby Manayunk and Wissahickon areas. Years later, it was decided to merge these two branches into a reestablished Roxborough Branch. In 1960, it reopened in a rented former A&P supermarket building.
In 1969, the branch moved two blocks north into a new building. This 1973 interior view highlights the large stainless steel mobile suspended between the building's two levels. Titled "Three Spheres," it was created by Edna Andrade for the library in 1968.
The Roxborough Branch serves the communities of Roxborough, Manayunk, and Wissahickon.
Creation Year: 1973
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.218217
Geocode Latitude:40.036681
Creator Name: Lawrence S. Williams, Inc. - Photographer