Cincinnati Library 1955

Located at the corner of eighth and vine streets the building was designed by noted cincinnati architect woodie garber and was widely recognized for its contemporary design and use of open space.

Cincinnati library 1955. Sadly the old cincinnati library closed its doors for the final time in 1955. This week at the library. This thread is archived. As beautiful as this library was it was not functional.

With five levels of cast iron shelving a fabulous foyer and an atrium lit by a skylight ceiling the place was wonder. 3 built in 1874 on the site reserved for an opera house the old cincinnati library was a thing of wonder. The library occupied this site until 1955 when the library opened the first post war main library building in the us. The site is now a parking garage.

Take make kits for ages birth 18. The old building was sold to leyman corp for about 100000 today and by june that year the magnificent library was razed. Cincinnati hamilton county public library homepage. In january of 1955 a new contemporary library opened at 800 vine street.

This week at the library. The old building was sold to leyman corp for about 100000 today and by june that year the magnificent library was razed. Its the old main the one that was. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast.

That is grabbing attention though. In january of 1955 a new library opened at 800 vine street revered for its contemporary design. Library staff member shares her west end story. 58 points 1 year ago.

In 1955 it closed. The site is now a parking garage. New on our blog. Unfortunately the library outgrew the space and in 1955 the library was moved and the old building was demolished.

The site was becoming somewhat dated with a lack of good ventilation causing the decor to deteriorate while making it quite uncomfortable to read in. The old building was sold to leyman corp for just under the equivalent of 100000 today and by june that year this magnificent library was lost forever.