Central Library

historic site

Inscription
Opened on June 2, 1927, the Central Library was designed in the Beaux Arts style by Horace Trumbauer and Julian Francis Abele. It was built to serve as the main building of the Free Library of Philadelphia, chartered in 1891.

Overlooks nearby

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

39.95925, -75.17111

Elevation 8 m (modelled from terrain)

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