Title: Public library and new Old South Church, Boston, Mass. Description: Public Library and the New Old South Church are located in the Back Bay of Boston in Copley Square. The Public Library is designed after the style of the Italian Renaissance, the interior of the building is of great beauty and visitors come from all parts of the world to admire it. Famous murals by Pierre Cecile Puvis de Chavannes, Edwin Austin Abbey and John Singer Sargent will hold you spellbound. Subjects: Public libraries; Churches; Boston Public Library; Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) Places: Massachusetts > S‹›
Boston Public Library, McKim Building

Philip Johnson

Exterior · Boston, United States · 1887

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Title: Public library and new Old South Church, Boston, Mass. Description: Public Library and the New Old South Church are located in the Back Bay of Boston in Copley Square. The Public Library is designed after the style of the Italian Renaissance, the interior of the building is of great beauty and visitors come from all parts of the world to admire it. Famous murals by Pierre Cecile Puvis de Chavannes, Edwin Austin Abbey and John Singer Sargent will hold you spellbound. Subjects: Public libraries; Churches; Boston Public Library; Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) Places: Massachusetts > S

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