Item Info
Item No: pdcf00454
Title: Robert W. Ryerss Branch
Additional Title: Exterior view of the Robert W. Ryerss Branch, ca. 1910
Historic Street Address:
7370 Central Avenue, Burholme Park
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
William W. Ryerss willed his Fox Chase estate, “Burholme,” to the City of Philadelphia, to become a park, a library, and a museum. In 1910, under the control of the Fairmount Park Commission, the Free Library was appointed Agent for the building’s operation. Two rooms on the second floor of the building became the Robert W. Ryerss Branch, while the ground floor housed a reading room and a collection of fine and decorative arts. The grounds of the estate became Burholme Park. This exterior view of the mansion was taken ca. 1910.
The branch operated in the Free Library system until 1955. Since then, it has continued as an independent circulating library, and serves the Fox Chase/Burholme communities.
Creation Year: ca. 1910
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.088596
Geocode Latitude:40.068638
Creator Name: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 - Photographer