Founders Room 48
The Folger Shakespeare Library, Theater & Elizabethan Garden
architect: Paul Philippe Cret
consulting architect: Alexander Trowbridge
architectural styles: Greco Deco, Beaux-Arts, Art Deco, Streamline Moderne, American Renaissance, Elizabethan, neoclassical, Tudor
Georgia marble exterior
cornerstone laid: 1930
opened: April 23, 1932, anniversary Shakespeare's believed date of birth
administered by the Trustees of Amherst College
Capitol Hill
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington, District of Columbia
Founders Room 48
The Folger Shakespeare Library, Theater & Elizabethan Garden
architect: Paul Philippe Cret
consulting architect: Alexander Trowbridge
architectural styles: Greco Deco, Beaux-Arts, Art Deco, Streamline Moderne, American Renaissance, Elizabethan, neoclassical, Tudor
Georgia marble exterior
cornerstone laid: 1930
opened: April 23, 1932, anniversary Shakespeare's believed date of birth
administered by the Trustees of Amherst College
Capitol Hill
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington, District of Columbia