| 词条 | Northfield Library |
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Northfield Library is a Carnegie library in Northfield, Birmingham, England[1] which in 1914 became the first open-access lending library in Birmingham. HistoryNorthfield Library was opened in 1906. The land was provided by the Cadbury family and the building constructed with funds of £750 ({{Inflation|UK|750|1906|r=0|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}){{Inflation-fn|UK}} donated by Andrew Carnegie. The foundation stone was laid by Alderman T. R. Bayliss. On 12 February 1914 the library burnt to the ground. Suspicion fell on local suffragettes.[2] It was rebuilt in the same year by the Free Libraries Committee and became the first open-access lending library in Birmingham[3] The façade remains the same; however, in 1984, the library building was doubled in size and a project was undertaken to remove asbestos at the same time. [4] References{{Portal|Libraries}}1. ^The and Municipal and County Engineer, Volume 27, p.125 {{coord|52.414753|-1.967317|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}}{{Authority control}}2. ^Notes on the history of the Birmingham public libraries: 1861-1961, Birmingham Public Libraries 1962 3. ^Books, Buildings and Social Engineering: Early Public Libraries in Britain from Past to Present. Alistair Black, Simon Pepper, Kaye Bagshaw, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 23 Jun 2009 4. ^The Library Association record. The Library Association., 1984 4 : Library buildings completed in 1906|Buildings and structures in the West Midlands (county)|Carnegie libraries in England|Libraries in Birmingham, West Midlands |
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