Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Pratt Institute Archives Photograph Collection
Identifier:
ar00262
Source:
Archives LIPA-02
Date Original:
1919
Title:
[Library Park, October 1919, When the Park was Opened]
Description:
Exterior view of the Pratt Institute Library and Library Park, taken from the campus in October 1919, when the park was opened. The Pratt Institute Library was built as a public as well as a college library, and was the first free Library in New York City. It was built by architect William B. Tubby in Victorian Renaissance revival style, with interiors by the Tiffany Decorating Company; the Romanesque-style Children's Portico was added to the children's entrance in 1912; the north porch was added in 1936 by John Mead Howells. Keywords: Library architecture, Universities and colleges.
Subject:
Pratt Institute -- History
Subject:
Pratt Institute -- Buildings
Subject:
Libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
Subject:
College buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Contributor:
Tubby, William B., 1858-1944 (Architect)
Coverage:
United States
Coverage:
New York
Coverage:
Kings County
Coverage:
Brooklyn
Format.Extent:
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 19 cm.
Format.Medium:
Photographic Prints
Type:
Image
Contributing Institution:
Pratt Institute

[Library Park, October 1919, When the Park was Opened]