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Source Collection
Postcard collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0469.003_010.002
Description
View of the Cossitt Library on the corner of Front Street and Monroe Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, looking north, circa 1928. The U.S. Custom House, not yet rebuilt, can be seen behind the library.
The family of Frederick H. Cossitt donated $75,000 to build a library which was eventually constructed of red sandstone in the Romanesque style designed by L.B. Wheeler. It opened in 1893 and was added to over the years. The three-story west wing completed in 1925 is visible in this image. The library was demolished in 1958.
Date Created
2021
Date
circa 1928
Recommended Citation
"Cossitt Library, Memphis, circa 1928" (2021). Images. 57.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-postcardcoll1/57
Keywords
Libraries--Tennessee--Memphis.
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