Item Info
Item No: pdcf00490
Title: Wadsworth Branch
Additional Title: Copy of the architect's rendering for the Wadsworth Branch, ca. 1958
Historic Street Address:
1500 Wadsworth Avenue
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
This ca. 1958 photograph is a copy of the architect's rendering for the Wadsworth Branch, which opened in the Wadsworth Avenue shopping district on July 30, 1959. The architectural firm of Martin, Stewart, & Noble designed a modern building with a glass "storefront."
The Wadsworth Branch serves the Wadsworth, Cedarbrook, Ivy Hill, and East Mt. Airy communities.
Creation Year: ca. 1958
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.173718
Geocode Latitude:40.078982
Creator Name: Martin, Stewart & Noble (fl. 1954 - 1962) - Architect
Oakes, Earle, 1923-2011 - Artist