SOUTH FRONT ELEVATION, LOOKING NORTH - Free Library of Philadelphia, Lehigh Avenue Branch, 601 West Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

SOUTH FRONT ELEVATION, LOOKING NORTH - Free Library of Philadelphia, Lehigh Avenue Branch, 601 West Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

South front elevation, looking north, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lehigh Avenue Branch

The Lehigh Branch of the Free Library was designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm of Hewitt & Hewitt. It is among the most elaborate of the branch libraries, and at 126’ x 60’, it is also the largest. While its overall plan and design is quintessential Carnegie library, its size, terra cotta facade, and level of detailing set it apart from most of the Free Library’s more understated brick-constructed branch buildings. The lot was provided by the city of Philadelphia in recognition of the need to serve the growing, largely immigrant community then populating this area of the city.

Elliott, Joseph E. B. (Photographer); Hewitt and Hewitt (American architectural firm, 1877-1902)

Photographer: Elliott, Joseph E.

Image: 2007

1906

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601 West Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Accession number: HABS PA-6756-1