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Edward L. Bader, mayor of Atlantic City from 1924 to 1927, led the initiative to acquire the land for Convention Hall, now Boardwalk Hall, and construction was underway at the time of his death. [8] The hall, designed by the architectural firm Lockwood Greene, was built during 1926–1929. The main hall measures 456 by 310 feet (139 by 94 m).
The Main Reading Room View of the Thomas Jefferson Building's west façade The Great Hall and a view of the building's first and second floors, featuring Minerva mosaic. John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz won the competition for the architectural plans of the library in 1873.
These are the 26 most beautiful libraries in the world to add to your literary bucket list in 2024.
Fodor's Travel list of the 11 most beautiful libraries in the U.S. includes just one Florida spot: West Palm Beach's Mandel Public Library.
Healy Hall is a National Historic Landmark and the flagship building of the main campus of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., United States.Constructed between 1877 and 1879, the hall was designed by Paul J. Pelz and John L. Smithmeyer, both of whom also designed the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress.
The George Peabody Library is a library connected to the Johns Hopkins University, [1] focused on research into the 19th century. It was formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of music in the City of Baltimore, and is located on the Peabody campus at West Mount Vernon Place in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere historic cultural neighborhood north of downtown Baltimore, Maryland.
The Linda Hall Library is a privately endowed American library of science, engineering and technology located in Kansas City, Missouri, sitting "majestically on a 14-acre (5.7 ha) urban arboretum." [ 1 ] It is the "largest independently funded public library of science, engineering and technology in North America" [ 2 ] and "among the largest ...