135 Second Avenues
Overview
Address: 135-2ed Avenues
Type of resource: Institutional
Original use: Public Library
Current use: Public Library
Over all condition: Excellent
Explain: It is well preserved and still looks brand new. The main reason should be the public fund donation.
Description of resource: It is a part of New York Public Library and it is a huge building with five floors. It has two entrance and lots windows.
History of resource: One building was built to be used as the library, and the other was to be a dispensary. In 1897, the three-story building was given a side extension and in 1929 a one-story extension. In 1951, the elevator shaft within the dispensary was altered. And the building date is back to 1884.
Architect: William Schickel
Owner: Oswald Ottendorfer
Location:
Comments
Connections
n/a
- DurbanSouth Africa
- OaklandUnited States
- CharlestonUnited States
- South Africa
- Cluj-NapocaRomania
- United States
- CharlestonUnited States
- United Kingdom
- Cleveland HeightsUnited States
- GlasgowUnited Kingdom
- ClintonUnited States
- BronxUnited States
- OttawaCanada
- South Africa
- Buckeye LakeUnited States
- DurbanSouth Africa
- Staten IslandUnited States
-
- South Africa
- BrooklynUnited States
- VeniceUnited States
- New York, NYUnited States
- Glen RidgeUnited States
- Sudbury
- South Africa
Multimedia
Impacts
No impacts have been left for this site yet - be the first!
Post new comment
Post new comment