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Breisch, Kenneth A.

Title Henry Hobson Richardson and the small public library in America : a study in typology / Kenneth A. Breisch.

Published	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1997]
	©1997

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Location	Call No.	Status
UniM Archit	727.82473 RICH/ BREI	AVAILABLE

Physical description	xii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-334) and index.
Contents	1. Strongholds of Noble Political and Civil Life -- 2. Handsome Bindings and Vistas of Shelves: American Library Design to 1875 -- 3. Woburn: "A Model Village Library" -- 4. The Epitome of Design: Libraries in North Easton and Quincy -- 5. Et in Arcadia Ego -- 6. Competition in East Saginaw -- 7. Epilogue.
Summary	One natural outcome of the educational reform movement of the 1840s was the growth of the American public library. Though the first public libraries were housed in post offices and town halls, even in local drug stores, growing book collections soon forced cities and towns to recognize the need for larger, more appropriate buildings, some 450 of which were built in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The most important and influential architect of the era was Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886), perhaps best known for his design of Boston's Trinity Church.
Subject	Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886.
	Library architecture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Public libraries -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Small libraries -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Romanesque revival (Architecture) -- United States.
ISBN	0262024160 (hc : alkaline paper)