Sheldon Library: Entrance

 

Architect Ernest Flagg was a student of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and designed Sheldon Library in the Beaux-Arts style.  This photograph shows some of the details of this heavily neoclassically influenced architectural style, with a grandly designed columned staircase dominating the entrance.  Sculptural details like the globes that top the corners of the building and the garland draped carved elements on either side of the stairway are typical of the Beaux-Arts style that was popular in the United States from the 1880s to the 1920s.

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Dimensions: 525 x 425 pixels

File Type: image/jpg

File Size: 107.98 KB

Identifier: olda_000049

  • Physical Details: Photo mounted on gray paper board album page. "Entrance Sheldon Library" and "built 1901 Ernest Flagg, architect" written in white ink on board.

Original Dimensions: 9.625 X 7.75 inches (23.58 X 18.99 cm)

Rights: Other

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Originally Published On: March 22nd, 2011

Last Modified On: September 30th, 2011

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"Sheldon Library: Entrance." St. Paul's School. Ohrstrom Library Digital Archives. Web. 22 Nov. 2024.