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Source Collection
Postcard collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0469.062
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 until the 1958 renovation when the original building was demolished.
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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Archival Statement
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