Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

USA / Pennsylvania / Tioga / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Vine Street, 1901
 library, interesting place, historic remains
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 686-5322
libwww.freelibrary.org/branches/branch.cfm?loc=CEN

Designed c. 1926 by Julian Abele of the Horace Trumbauer firm as the main public library building and administrative headquarters of the Free Library of Philadelphia system.

The interior contains the former library and paneling of the former Elkins estate "Briar Hill". When William McIntire Elkins died in 1947, he left his entire library of priceless books, manuscripts, and artifacts to the Free Library of Philadelphia. It is now recreated on the third floor.

In this building

  1. Robert & Eileen Kennedy Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkway_Central_Library
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Coordinates:   39°57'34"N   75°10'15"W
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