File:ELEVATION OF FRONT ENTRANCE PAVILION - Free Library of Philadelphia, Cobbs Creek Branch, 5800 Cobbs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA HABS PA-6751-2.tif
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[edit]ELEVATION OF FRONT ENTRANCE PAVILION - Free Library of Philadelphia, Cobbs Creek Branch, 5800 Cobbs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA | |||||
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Photographer |
Elliott, Joseph E. |
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Title |
ELEVATION OF FRONT ENTRANCE PAVILION - Free Library of Philadelphia, Cobbs Creek Branch, 5800 Cobbs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA |
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Description |
Carnegie, Andrew, financier; Gilchrist, Edmund Beaman, architect; Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, sponsor |
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Depicted place | Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County; Philadelphia | ||||
Date | 2007 | ||||
Dimensions | 4 x 5 in. | ||||
Current location |
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print |
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Accession number |
HABS PA-6751-2 |
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Philadelphia was the recipient of one of the largest Carnegie grants for library construction. Although the city was among the first to establish a free library system, it had no purpose-built structures prior to the Carnegie endowment. The branch libraries were built between 1905 and 1930, under the direction of the city appointed Carnegie Fund Committee, and designed by a "who's-who" of Philadelphia's architects. The twenty extant branch libraries remain as a remarkable intact and cohesive grouping, rivaled only by that of New York City, with fifty-seven. The Cobbs Creek Branch was designed by Edmund B. Gilchrist who was known for his English-style "Cotswold farmhouse" designs. It is typical of Philadelphia's Carnegie libraries in its T-shaped plan and symmetrical fenestration, but completely atypical in its building materials and architectural styling; rather than the almost formulaic, understated Beaux Arts style and brick construction that came to define Carnegie Libraries nationwide, Cobbs Creek combines elements of stripped-down classicism with streamlined Moderne, and is built of steel and cinder blocks with a facade of stucco cement and terra cotta. Cobbs Creek is also unusual in that over half of the construction cost was paid for by funds issued through a city ordinance or collected by local citizens and businessmen, a situation necessitated by the unanticipated decrease in the Carnegie grant funds towards the end of the building campaign, caused by inflation.
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Source | https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa4069.photos.573885p | ||||
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Object location | 39° 57′ 07.99″ N, 75° 09′ 51.01″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 39.952220; -75.164170 |
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