Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Beneath Our Feet: The Boston Public Library was originally located in a small building on Mason Street near the Common, until it moved to its new home in the Back Bay in 1895. Designed by famed architect Charles F. McKim, this "palace for the people" was built upon the "made" land that characterized the neighborhood. The blueprint drawing here, originally created in 1891, illustrates design concepts for the McKim Building's façade. Under a pair of block granite piers intended to support decorative columns, “piles” appear. Wooden pilings are thirty-foot long structural supports, driven into the hard clay below the Library’s foundation. They are present under most buildings in Back Bay.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
n8710p94g
label
New public library building, Boston, Mass.
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
n8710p94g
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
New public library building, Boston, Mass.
description
Beneath Our Feet: The Boston Public Library was originally located in a small building on Mason Street near the Common, until it moved to its new home in the Back Bay in 1895. Designed by famed architect Charles F. McKim, this "palace for the people" was built upon the "made" land that characterized the neighborhood. The blueprint drawing here, originally created in 1891, illustrates design concepts for the McKim Building's façade. Under a pair of block granite piers intended to support decorative columns, “piles” appear. Wooden pilings are thirty-foot long structural supports, driven into the hard clay below the Library’s foundation. They are present under most buildings in Back Bay.
date
["1891"]
year
1891
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_016075
creators
McKim, Mead & White
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Library buildings--Massachusetts--Boston--Designs and plans
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
Boston Public Library
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
McKim, Mead & White, Architects
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 plan : blueprint ; sheet 60 x 50 cm
notes
Blueprint of the Dartmouth entrance of the Boston Public Library, showing walls, columns, piling and pedestals. Includes diagrams of columns.
"Drawing no.: 435; Date: Nov 16. 1891; Made by C.J.P."
hasTranscription
no
dcId
n8710p94g
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
adfcecc3623aae47