Architect's rendering of alternative design for Boston Public Library

Architect's rendering of alternative design for Boston Public Library

Item Information

Title:
Architect's rendering of alternative design for Boston Public Library
Description:
Copy photograph of a drawing submitted to the design competition for the library. Twenty architectural firms participated in the competition; Atwood was one of the top four winners. In January 1885, prizes were awarded, though all the designs were later determined to be unsuitable. Rectangular building with arched windows, two rectangular bays 3 windows wide on either side of central staircase to main entrance. Old South Church, right, tram cars and horse-drawn carriages
Architect:
Atwood, Charles B. (Charles Bowler), 1849-1895
Date:
[1884]
Format:
Photographs
Drawings/Illustrations
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Trustees' Library
Series:
Trustees' McKim Construction Photos
Subjects:
Public libraries
Renderings
Old South Church (Boston, Mass.)
Boston Public Library
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Back Bay
Extent:
1 photographic print : silver print
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ms35v166t
Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Image from: Public library building Copley Square : photographs of progress of the work Jan. 3, 1890 to completion
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Accession #:
06_03_000265
Call #:
T.R. Cab. 5.4 Vol. 2