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Muhlenberg Branch, NYPL · 209 West 23rd Street
Muhlenberg Branch, NYPL
Muhlenberg Branch, NYPL

N. Y. Public Library, 209 West 23rd St.

IMAGE DATE1912
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New York Public Library, Muhlenberg Branch, ca. 1912.

Completed in 1906, the Muhlenburg Branch is a Carnegie library designed by the same architects of the Main Branch of the NYPL, Carrère and Hastings. The simplified Beaux Arts style building is named for William Augustus Muhlenberg. He was the first rector of the nearby Church of the Holy Communion, and donated many books to the Free Circulating Library (a precursor to the NYPL).

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