World Architecture Images- Chicago- Chicago Public Library/Cultural Center

	Essential Architecture- Chicago Loop South Chicago Public Library/Cultural Center
architect	Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
location	78 E. Washington St.
date	1897
style	Beaux-Arts
construction	Stone
type	Library



This is the first permanent structure of the city's public library system. Designed to be a grand civic building, its Classical Revival-style exterior appearance and its interior spaces are based on classical Greek and Italian Renaissance precedents. The interior is extensively decorated with mosaics, marbles, bronze, and two stained-glass domes designed by the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company. The building's architect was the Boston firm that succeeded the office of Henry Hobson Richardson, designer of the Glessner House.
links	With special thanks to the City of Chicago website, www.egov.cityofchicago.org , for much of the info on this page. Photos copyright City of Chicago.
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