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The library was officially founded in 1892 by Collis P. Huntington, [1] a Southern Pacific Railroad magnate whose summer home was in nearby Throggs Neck, Bronx.Its origins, however, were in the will of Peter C. Van Schaick, a local philanthropist, who set aside funds from his estate to build a free reading room to be donated to the village of West Chester, (now the Bronx) upon its completion.
The Huntington Free Library is a non-circulating, privately operated library at 9 Westchester Square. It is one of the oldest libraries in the Bronx. [27] It remains largely unchanged from its opening in the 1890s, although it formerly contained a large Native American collection.
Bronx Community College Library; Bronx County Historical Society Research Library; ... Huntington Free Library and Reading Room; L. LuEsther T. Mertz Library; W.
THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – An 11-year-old boy has died after he was found unconscious and unresponsive inside a Bronx school library on Wednesday, according to the NYPD. It happened at 1776 ...
Opened on December 16, 2013, the Mariners Harbor Library is located amidst the rich maritime heritage of Staten Island's Mariners Harbor neighborhood. A single-story branch library situated on a 16,000-square foot plot, Mariners Harbor is the thirteenth branch of The New York Public Library on Staten Island and serves roughly 30,000 people. [29] 85
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The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens' 1911 tea room reopens Wednesday in San Marino after a three-year closure. (Christine House / Los Angeles Times)