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Boston Public Library

library, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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McKim, Charles Follen: Boston Public Library
McKim, Charles Follen: Boston Public Library The Boston Public Library's McKim Building, designed by Charles Follen McKim.

The Boston Public Library, established in 1854, was the first major free library supported by taxes in the United States. It is housed in a building designed by McKim, Mead, and White and has branches throughout the city. The library holds a fine collection of books and is a significant cultural institution in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of many scholarly and public libraries in the city, alongside institutions like the Boston Athenæum, founded in 1807.12

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