Item Info
Item No: pdcf00585
Title: Widener Branch
Additional Title: Interior view of the Widener Branch, ca. 1946
Historic Street Address:
2531 W. Lehigh Avenue
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
In 1900, the H. Josephine Widener Branch of the Free Library was opened in the Widener Mansion at Broad Street & Girard Avenue. When the mansion was sold in 1946, the proceeds were used to buy and remodel this former bank building further north, at 2531 W. Lehigh Avenue. This ca. 1946 interior view shows the circulation area, facing the entrance.
In 2005, the branch moved to its present location, a new glass-fronted building, three blocks away at 2808 W. Lehigh Avenue.
The Widener Branch serves the communities of North Central Philadelphia, Strawberry Mansion, and Allegheny West.
Creation Year: ca. 1946
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.173223
Geocode Latitude:39.996537
Creator Name: Swallow's Studio - Photographer