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| Title | Timothy B. Blackstone Memorial Branch Library, exterior view, 1904 |
| Description | In January 1904, Mrs. Timothy B. Blackstone presented the Chicago Public Library with its first full-service branch library at 4904 South Lake Park Avenue. The building was named in memory of Timothy B. Blackstone, president of the Chicago & Alton Railroad (1864-1899), and a well-known Chicago philanthropist. The building was built of gray-white Concord granite with bronze doors and a rotunda with a dome in the Tiffany style. Chicago artist, Oliver Dennett Grover created the dome's decorative panels, each with a theme illustrating literature, fine arts, science, and labor. A renovation program on the Blackstone Branch Library began in 1977; it was completed with the rededication of the building on November 18, 1980. |
| Neighborhood/Streets | Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Subject.TGM1 | Public libraries
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| Subject.LCSH | Chicago Public Library -- Blackstone Branch
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| Subject.AAT | branch libraries
libraries (buildings)
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| Photographer/Artist | Unknown
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| Date of Original | 1904 |
| Time Period | 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909 |
| Repository Name | Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
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| Repository Number | PHOTOGRAPH SPE-CPL Archives Photographs Blackston 1.2 |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | Chicago Public Library Archives
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| Rights | http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php |
| Type | Digital image |
| Original Format | Architectural photographs
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| Size | 12 x 9 in. |
| Format | image/jpeg |
