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Mary E FISHER
New Public Library
1906-1911 “Gentlemen:–If the City of New Haven will provide a suitable site for it, I desire to erect and present to the City a handsome, fireproof building for the Public Library.” With these words, and a gift of $300,000, Mary E. Ives (Mrs. Hoadley Ives), became the founding mother of the present New Haven Free Public Library. The site, at the corner of Elm and Temple Streets where the Library stands today, was purchased by the city for $95,000. The architect, Cass Gilbert, designed the brick and marble building to harmonize with the traditional architecture of New Haven, and especially with the United Church nearby. The building was formally dedicated to the City of New Haven on May 27, 1911. nhfpl.org
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Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.
Mary E FISHER
New Public Library
1906-1911 “Gentlemen:–If the City of New Haven will provide a suitable site for it, I desire to erect and present to the City a handsome, fireproof building for the Public Library.” With these words, and a gift of $300,000, Mary E. Ives (Mrs. Hoadley Ives), became the founding mother of the present New Haven Free Public Library. The site, at the corner of Elm and Temple Streets where the Library stands today, was purchased by the city for $95,000. The architect, Cass Gilbert, designed the brick and marble building to harmonize with the traditional architecture of New Haven, and especially with the United Church nearby. The building was formally dedicated to the City of New Haven on May 27, 1911. nhfpl.org
Postcard
Posted in the Past: Revealing the true stories written on a postcard
, became the founding mother of the present New Haven Free Public Library. The site, at the corner of Elm and Temple Streets where the Library stands today, was purchased by the city for $95,000. The architect, Cass Gilbert, designed the brick and marble building to harmonize with the traditional architecture of New Haven, and especially with the United Church nearby. The building was formally dedicated to the City of New Haven on May 27, 1911. nhfpl.org){kind=small}
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by N.P. Willis, Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett, 1840
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East Rock Park, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
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Phelps Hall, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
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Temple Street, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.