| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Quincy, Massachusetts, United States | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1880-1883 (creation); 1908-2001 (alteration) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Richardson, Henry Hobson | en_US |
| dc.creator | Aiken, William Martin | en_US |
| dc.date | 1880-1883 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-27T16:34:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-12-27T16:34:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1880-1883 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 181313 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 2045 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/86739 | |
| dc.description | Close view of upper west wall, depicting gable ridge tile and eyebrow dormer; The Thomas Crane Public Library was built in four stages: the original building (1882) by architect H. H. Richardson; an additional ell with stack space and stained glass (1908) by William M. Aiken in Richardson's style; a major expansion (1939) by architects Paul A. and Carroll Coletti, with stone carvings by sculptor Joseph A. Coletti of Quincy; and a recent addition (2001) by Boston architects Childs, Bertman, and Tseckares, which doubled the size of the library. H. H. Richardson considered this library among his most successful civic buildings, and Harper's Weekly called it "the best village library in the United States". The main library is a National Historic Landmark. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/13/2010) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | brick; stone; tile; terra-cotta | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Education | en_US |
| dc.subject | Richardsonian Romanesque | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nineteenth century | en_US |
| dc.title | Thomas Crane Public Library | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-RHH-CL-D2 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | library (building) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Henry Hobson Richardson (American architect, 1838-1886); William Martin Aiken (American architect, 1855-1908) | en_US |
