Image from: Public library building Copley Square : photographs of progress of the work Jan. 3, 1890 to completion; Copy photograph of a drawing submitted to the design competition for the library. Twenty architectural firms participated in the competition; Atwood was one of the top four winners. In January 1885, prizes were awarded, though all the designs were later determined to be unsuitable. Rectangular building with arched windows, two rectangular bays 3 windows wide on either side of central staircase to main entrance. Old South Church, right, tram cars and horse-drawn carriages‹›
Boston Public Library, McKim Building

Philip Johnson

Exterior · Boston, United States · 1887

Photo: Atwood, Charles B. (Charles Bowler), 1849-1895 · 1884date Q · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Original 1385×800

Image from: Public library building Copley Square : photographs of progress of the work Jan. 3, 1890 to completion; Copy photograph of a drawing submitted to the design competition for the library. Twenty architectural firms participated in the competition; Atwood was one of the top four winners. In January 1885, prizes were awarded, though all the designs were later determined to be unsuitable. Rectangular building with arched windows, two rectangular bays 3 windows wide on either side of central staircase to main entrance. Old South Church, right, tram cars and horse-drawn carriages

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