Established in 1848 by an act of the General Court of Massachusetts, the Boston Public Library (BPL) was the first large free municipal library in the ...

The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1848. Overview · History · Central Library · Current services

The McKim Building is the main branch of the Boston Public Library at Copley Square in Boston, Massachusetts. The building, described upon its 1895 opening ... History · Architecture · Research collection · Image gallery

The 1895 Boston Public Library building, designed by Charles Follen McKim of the New York firm of McKim, Mead & White.

The library was founded in 1848. It was the first large free municipal library in the United States. It began in a schoolhouse on Mason Street that opened to ...

Philip Johnson's extension of the library built in 1972 is harmonious with McKim's masterpiece. Though intentionally subdued, its interior makes noteworthy use ...

The earliest building on the site was designed by Charles Follen McKim of McKim, Mead &. White and constructed between 1888 and 1895 by Woodbury and Leighton.

The Boston Public Library, built in 1895, is a grand Classical Revival style structure located in the heart of Copley Square and is a local and National ...

The Boston Public Library (1854) was the first major tax-supported free library in the United States. Since 1895 it has been housed in a building designed by ...