Important architecture as vessels for protecting human knowledge is nothing new. In the ancient world, both east and west, libraries served as sanctuaries for chronicles, sacred writings and literature. The same is true for the modern age in America. Here are a few of our favorites:
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- 1886, architect, John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz
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- 1902, architect Carrere and Hastings
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- 1895, architect Charles Follen McKim
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- 1878, architect Edmund G Lind
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- 1963, architects Skidmore, Ownings and Merrill
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- 1889
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- 1915, architect Horace Trumbauer and Associates
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- 1926, architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue