Boston Public Library, McKim Building
Boston, United States
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
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The McKim Building, the research half of the Central Library on Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, was designed by Charles Follen McKim in Renaissance Revival and Beaux-Arts styles. Begun in 1887 and opened in February 1895, its three-story granite facade surrounds an outdoor courtyard, and Bates Hall, a barrel-vaulted reading room, spans the second floor. It is a National Historic Landmark.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- library building
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place, National Historic Landmark
- Height
- 99.31 m
- Place
- Boston, United States
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