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Source Collection
Alan Karchmer collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
11_26.H
Description
Cossitt Library rear wing, Front and Monroe, Memphis, Tennessee. Built 1924. Richardsonian Romanesque style. Photographer: Alan Karchmer. © Alan Karchmer.
Beginning in the late 1880's two forms of Romanesque architecture appear in Memphis; the more academically correct Romanesque Revival and the distinctly American style Richardsonian Romanesque (named for the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson). While both spring from the round-arched Romanesque, the Richardsonian uses more rough-faced masonry with arches, lintels, and other structural features emphasized by being of stone or finish contrasting that of the wall. Deeply set windows and generally large, simple forms reinforce the sense of weight and massiveness.
Date Created
2021
Date
undated
Recommended Citation
"Cossitt Library, Memphis" (2021). Images. 72.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-karchmera2/72
Keywords
Architecture--Tennessee--Memphis.
