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Mott Haven Branch, NYPL ยท 321 East 140th Street
Mott Haven Branch, NYPL
Mott Haven Branch, NYPL
321 East 140th Street at Alexander Avenue. "Northern Branch" N.Y. Public Library
IMAGE DATE1928
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Museum of the City of New York
Museum of the City of New York"The Mott Haven branch of the New York Public Library (a Carnegie library), Bronx, N.Y., undated [circa 1905-1918]."
The oldest New York Public Library in the Bronx, this red brick and limestone structure opened in March of 1905. It was designed by Babb, Cook, and Willard, who also designed the 5th Avenue mansion of the library's funder, Andrew Carnegie.
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Urban Archive
Urban Archive