Manhattan Carnegie Libraries-67th Street Branch-Pictures

328 East 67^th Street

New York, NY 10065

Year(s) built: 1905

Year opened: 1905

Architect(s): Babb, Cook & Willard

Builder(s): William L. Crow

Status: Library, no designation

The Manhattan Carnegie Library 67^th Street branch is located on the south side of East 67^th Street between 1^st and 2^nd Avenues, and is set up against the sidewalk.  The structure is one of twenty Carnegie branches built in Manhattan and one of sixty-seven throughout the whole city. Built in 1905 by Babb, Cook & Willard, the 67^th Street Branch was one of seven Carnegie libraries the architectural firm would build.

The 67^th Street Branch has several characteristics of the urban Carnegie library type.  It has a classically-inspired style (a simplified Beaux-Arts model that was the preferred style for public structures in the early-Twentieth Century), three stories, an arched entrance that is not central, ornamental stone masonry, and tall, large arched windows on the first floor that allow an abundance of light into a relatively simple interior. In 1939 a new roof was installed along with additional repair work, and the building was significantly renovated in 1952-3.  On the exterior, the windows and entrance door are replacements, and the skylight was subsequently filled in.

The 67^th Street Branch continues to operate as a branch of the New York Public Library.

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