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  • George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
    George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

    Once described as a cathedral of books, the Peabody Stack Room features an atrium with a black-and-white marble floor and five tiers of ornamental cast-iron balconies that rise 61ft to a latticed skylight ceiling. The library was founded by its namesake philanthropist in 1857, and its 300,000-volume collection is strong on religion, British art, Romance languages and literature, as well as geography. (Norm Barker, Johns Hopkins University)

George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Once described as a cathedral of books, the Peabody Stack Room features an atrium with a black-and-white marble floor and five tiers of ornamental cast-iron balconies that rise 61ft to a latticed skylight ceiling. The library was founded by its namesake philanthropist in 1857, and its 300,000-volume collection is strong on religion, British art, Romance languages and literature, as well as geography. (Norm Barker, Johns Hopkins University)

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