New York
Architecture Images-Harlem and the Heights Butler Library |
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architect |
James Gamble Rogers |
location |
Columbia University campus |
date |
[1934] |
style |
Classical Revival |
construction |
brick and limestone |
type |
Education |
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notes |
Named for Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia College's President from 1902 to 1945, this structure replaced Low Library as Columbia's main library. Its monumental Ionic colonnade and multi-story windows refer to Roman models. This is surprising work from' the chief architect of Yale University's Gothic Revival Campus. |
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