Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1894/00/00 | The John Adams Library is deposited in the rare book department of the Boston Public Library, where it remains. | Journey of John Adams' Colonial Library | ||||
1895/00/00 | Charles Follen McKim | Architect | Boston Public Library opens at the corner of Dartmouth St and Boylston St. Built for $2,268,000, it can hold million books. | |||
1895/00/00 | John Singer Sargent | Painter | John Singer Sargent paints a sequence of murals (oil on canvas set into the wall) on the top floor of the Boston Library between 1895 and 1916. |
Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
The Johnson Building |
Particulars for Boston Public Library: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Area of Significance | Art |
Sight Category | Building |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Art Movement | Italian Renaissance Revival |
Architectural Style | Late 19th and 20th century revivals |
Historic Use | Library |
Level of Significance | National |
Area of Significance | Social History |
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