Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around . ^»co. CENTRAL , GROUND FLOOR. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 9 The Library is two hundred and twenty-five feet long, two hun-dred and twenty-seven feet deep. Its height from the sidewalkto the top of the cornice is seventy feet. The material used isMilford granite. In color this granite is a grayish white, which,in some lights, becomes faintly tinged with pink. The Library isin the Italian Rennaissance style of architecture, is quadrangularin shape and surrounds an inner court. The chief characteristicsof the building are its simplicity and
Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around . ^»co. CENTRAL , GROUND FLOOR. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 9 The Library is two hundred and twenty-five feet long, two hun-dred and twenty-seven feet deep. Its height from the sidewalkto the top of the cornice is seventy feet. The material used isMilford granite. In color this granite is a grayish white, which,in some lights, becomes faintly tinged with pink. The Library isin the Italian Rennaissance style of architecture, is quadrangularin shape and surrounds an inner court. The chief characteristicsof the building are its simplicity and the accentuation of horizontal lines of composition. The main facade, looking east over Copley Square, consists of. CENTRAL LIBRARY, SECOND FLOOR. 10 GUIDE TO BOSTON. a heavily built lower story supporting an arcaded second the arcade is a narrow frieze, which on each facade of thebuilding bears an inscription. On the Dartmouth Street side:The Public Library of the City of Boston, Built by the Peopleand Dedicated to the Advancement of Learning, A. On the Boylston Street side: The Com-monwealth Requires the Education of the People as the Safe-guard of Order and Liberty. And on Blagden Street:MDCCCLIL Founded Through the ^Munificence and PublicSpirit of Citizens. Above the frieze is a noble cornice, fitly crowning the cornice is considered one of the triumphs of Americanarchitecture. The whole building rests upon a granite plat-form which gives it a dignified elevation above Copley platform extends entirely round the three facades of thebuilding. The entrance on Copley Square is by three arched arch is closed with heavy wrought-iron ga
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