Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
Butler Library, Columbia University, New York City
[ca. 1930–1945]
Butler Library, built at a cost of $4,000,000 and opened in 1934, was the gift of Edward S. Harkness. The building is a laboratory library, designed not merely for the storage and distribution of books, but for constant working with books. The exterior is designed for Italian Renaissance style with fourteen Ionic columns on the north facade.
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