Birmingham Reference Library with the civic fountain the foreground, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham
| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA51386 |
| Architect/Designer | Barfield, Samuel (1829-1899)
Chamberlain, John Henry (1831-1883)
Martin & Chamberlain
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| Artist/Photographer | Galwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971)
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| Country | UK: England |
| City | Birmingham |
| Subject Date | 1882 |
| Image Date | 1968 |
| View | Exterior |
| Style | Neoclassical |
| Medium | Photoprint |
| Library Reference | AP Box 649 B'ham/Old Central |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Colour / B&W |
Black and white |
| Credit |
Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
NOTES:
This library was designed by Martin & Chamberlain and opened in 1882, replacing the earlier library of 1865 designed by John Chamberlain which was destroyed by fire in 1879. The building was demolished in 1974 after a long campaign to preserve it. The civic fountain was erected in 1880 by public subscription in gratitude for Joseph Chamberlain's time as mayor (1873-1876). It was designed by John Chamberlain of Martin & Chamberlain and executed by the sculptor Samuel Barfield.
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Subject tags
libraries, squares, fountains, monuments