Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Historical Images of Philadelphia Free Library Departments and Branches
Item Info
Item No: pdcf00616
Title: Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Additional Title: Negative of the architect's 1st floor plan, for the West Philadelphia Regional Library, 1973
Creation Date:
3/21/1973
Historic Street Address: 125 South 52nd Street
Media Type: Photographic Negatives
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
The West Philadelphia Regional Library opened on October 21, 1976, becoming the second regional library in the city, providing West Philadelphia with a larger collection than those of neighborhood branches. This is an image (taken from a 1973 negative) of the architect's 1st floor plan for the library.
In 2004, this regional library branch was renamed the Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional library, after Lucien Blackwell, a former congressman, city council member, state legislator and local activist, who died in 2003.
Located two blocks south of the 52nd Street El station in West Philadelphia, the library serves the communities of Cedar Park, Walnut Hill, West Market, Mill Creek, Dunlap, and West Park.
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.225056
Geocode Latitude:39.957473
Creator Name: W. Fredericks - Photographer
William A. Mann - Architect