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photography: Rachel H.
Sangree |
Structural Form: |
low-rise
building; steel with masonry facade; large steel truss-supported
glass skylights |
| Engineer / Architect: |
Clyde N. Friz; Tilton and Githens |
| Year Built: |
1933 |
| Location: |
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD
[Standalone Map] |
| Historical Details: |
This is the
second Enoch Pratt Library to stand on this site. The first
was built in 1883 with money donated by Enoch Pratt...
[more] |
| Technical Details: |
N/A |
| References: |
J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore
Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD
(1997), p. 104. [more] |
Other Images
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| Historical
Details: |
This is the second Enoch Pratt Library to stand on this site.
The first was built in 1883 with money donated by Enoch Pratt, who
proclaimed that it would be "for all, rich and poor, without
distinction of race or color, who, when properly accredited, can
take out the books, if they will handle them carefully and return
them." The original building, as well as the five original
branch buildings, were fireproofed.
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| References: |
J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore
Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD
(1997), p. 154. M.E Hayward and F.R. Shivers, Jr., the Architecture of Baltimore: An
Illustrated History, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
(2004), pp. 204, 243. |
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