Item Info
Item No: pdcf00273
Title: Spring Garden Branch
Additional Title: Architect's detail of the central motif, main facade, for the Spring Garden Branch
Historic Street Address:
17th & Spring Garden Streets, SW corner
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
The Spring Garden Branch was the 7th Andrew Carnegie-funded branch of the Free Library. It was opened on November 18, 1907, on the SW corner of 17th & Spring Garden Streets. The architectural firm of Field & Medary designed the branch in the Gothic Revival style. This image is a copy of Vol. 16, No. 7, Plate 111, of The Brickbuilder, originally published in July 1907. It shows the architect's detail of the central motif, main façade, of the building.
The Spring Garden Branch served the Logan Square community until 1955, when the branch was closed. The building reopened in 1957, as the Free Library of Philadelphia Library for the Blind. The building was demolished sometime between 1970 and 1991.
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.166237
Geocode Latitude:39.963107
Creator Name: Field & Medary, Architects - Architect