. Rand, McNally Boston guide to the city and environs, with maps and illustrations ... Public Library RAND McNALLY BOSTON GUIDE 53. Entrance to Public Library satisfactory in design. The architects were McKim, Mead& White. The building is 225 feet long by 227 feet deep andsurrounds a central court. On the Copley Sq. side is theinscription: The Public Library of the City of Boston,Built by the People and Dedicated to the Advancement ofLearning. The corner stone was laid in 1888, and thebuilding was opened to the public in 1895. Its cost, includingland, was $2,500,000. The figures representing S
. Rand, McNally Boston guide to the city and environs, with maps and illustrations ... Public Library RAND McNALLY BOSTON GUIDE 53. Entrance to Public Library satisfactory in design. The architects were McKim, Mead& White. The building is 225 feet long by 227 feet deep andsurrounds a central court. On the Copley Sq. side is theinscription: The Public Library of the City of Boston,Built by the People and Dedicated to the Advancement ofLearning. The corner stone was laid in 1888, and thebuilding was opened to the public in 1895. Its cost, includingland, was $2,500,000. The figures representing Science andArt in front of the building are from designs by Bela L. entrance doors of bronze show figures of Music, Poetry,Truth, Romance, Wisdom, and Knowledge, and are the workof Daniel Chester French. In the vestibule stands a bronzestatue of Sir Henry Vane by Frederick Mac Monnies. On thefirst floor are to be found the periodical and newspaper former contains all the current magazines, with files ofback numxbers; and the latter, through the generosity of WilliamC. Todd, who gave $50,000 for the purp
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