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Julian Francis Abele (April 30, 1881 – April 23, 1950) was a prominent black American architect, and chief designer in the offices of Horace Trumbauer.He contributed to the design of more than 400 buildings, including the Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University (1912–15), Philadelphia's Central Library (1917–27), [3] and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1914–28). [4]
Library Thing: Books by J. C. Catford; Memorial Websites: Remembering J. C. Catford; The Catford Tapes: Ian Catford's Life in Linguistics. 67/68 year old Ian relates his life. Videos from 8 “lectures” given between Feb. 7 and Apr. 18, 1985. Altogether 6h 21m of storytelling.
The Southeast Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 403 7th Street SE. [ 1 ] Designed by architect Edward Lippincott Tilton in the neoclassical style, it opened in 1922 and is one of three Carnegie libraries in Washington. [ 2 ]
Washington City Paper in 2014 named it the city's best library. [13] The building's 2009-2011 renovation was honored in 2011 by the Washington, D.C., chapter of the American Institute of Architects for "merit in historic resources." [14] In 2018, the library building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [15]
The Mount Pleasant Library was the third and last DC Neighborhood Library to be built with Carnegie funding. Andrew Carnegie had funded the construction of the Central Library and, at its dedication in 1903, he offered to finance branch buildings as they were needed. Congress was slow to authorize the acceptance of his offer.
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the 400,000 square foot (37,000 m 2) steel, brick, and glass structure, an example of modern architecture, in Washington, D.C. This library was Mies's only public library, and his only building constructed in Washington, D.C. [citation needed] The building was completed in 1972 at a cost of $18 million.
Carnegie Library of Washington D.C. formerly served as the DCPL's Central Public Library. In October 1895, in preparation of the library's establishment, founders rented two rooms in the McLean Building at 1517 H Street NW to begin acquiring and processing materials to be used in what would then be called the Washington City Free Library.
In 1815, the purchase of Jefferson's book collection formed a core foundation for the library's collection. The building is located on First Street, S.E. between Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street in the federal national capital city of Washington, D.C., across from the United States Capitol on Capitol Hill.