Cathedral of books
This is the amazing George Peabody Library situated just across from the Washington Monument. Peabody, became a wealthy man in Baltimore through commerce during the 1810s and 20s, and following his brief service in the state militia defending the city against the British attack during the War of 1812, "gave $300,000 as a beginning sum for the Peabody Institute" in February 1857.
The library contains 300,000 volumes, mainly from the 19th century, and is the 19th-century focused research library of The Johns Hopkins University.
The library interior is often regarded as one of the most beautiful libraries in the world. Completed in 1878, it was designed by Baltimore architect Edmund G. Lind in collaboration with the first Peabody provost, Nathaniel H. Morison, that described it as a "cathedral of books”.
As you can see, it is certainly visually stunning. The floor is marble and the walls soar 61 feet high to a latticed skylight of frosted heavy glass, surrounded by five tiers of ornamental black cast-iron balconies and gold-scalloped columns.
Cathedral of books
This is the amazing George Peabody Library situated just across from the Washington Monument. Peabody, became a wealthy man in Baltimore through commerce during the 1810s and 20s, and following his brief service in the state militia defending the city against the British attack during the War of 1812, "gave $300,000 as a beginning sum for the Peabody Institute" in February 1857.
The library contains 300,000 volumes, mainly from the 19th century, and is the 19th-century focused research library of The Johns Hopkins University.
The library interior is often regarded as one of the most beautiful libraries in the world. Completed in 1878, it was designed by Baltimore architect Edmund G. Lind in collaboration with the first Peabody provost, Nathaniel H. Morison, that described it as a "cathedral of books”.
As you can see, it is certainly visually stunning. The floor is marble and the walls soar 61 feet high to a latticed skylight of frosted heavy glass, surrounded by five tiers of ornamental black cast-iron balconies and gold-scalloped columns.