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10:15 am - Tue, Jan 3, 2012: 27 notes

This building was a design by Henry Hobson Richardson, who was born in Louisiana and spent part of his childhood in New Orleans. He achieved great fame as an architect in the Northeast, most famous for Trinity Church in Boston, and had the fortune to have a style named after him - Richardsonian Romanesque. This Library was originally designed for Saginaw, Michigan, but New Orleans residents wanted a Richardson building so badly that they had this design built after Richardson’s death. It must be the least contextual building ever built in Louisiana, although a wonder, like a pavillon for a World’s Fair from some arctic country.
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The Howard Memorial Library Building, New Orleans

This building was a design by Henry Hobson Richardson, who was born in Louisiana and spent part of his childhood in New Orleans. He achieved great fame as an architect in the Northeast, most famous for Trinity Church in Boston, and had the fortune to have a style named after him - Richardsonian Romanesque. This Library was originally designed for Saginaw, Michigan, but New Orleans residents wanted a Richardson building so badly that they had this design built after Richardson’s death. It must be the least contextual building ever built in Louisiana, although a wonder, like a pavillon for a World’s Fair from some arctic country.

The Howard Memorial Library Building, New Orleans

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