Birmingham Reference Library with the civic fountain the foreground, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham
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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