Library; Branches. Scripps Library. exterior.

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Description:

Exterior view of the J.E. Scripps library designed by architect Albert Kahn in Detroit, Michigan. "The crowning glory of the house was the library added on the north side by Albert Kahn in 1898 ... Scripts insisted upon authenticity in the Gothic architecture of his library, modeled after the chapter house at Westminster Abbey, it contained a fine stone vault, the ribs of the vault branched out from a single clustered pier at the center towards the external buttresses between which there were narrow lancet windows, after Scripp's death the entire library structure was moved across Trumbull Avenue and joined to the former George G. Booth house to form the Scripps Branch Library."

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1922-07-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, and Detroit

Subject Topic:

Library buildings and Gothic revival (Architecture)

Subject Name:

Kahn, Albert and 1869-1942

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc8660_1