The Billings Library: the gift to the University of Vermont of Frederick Billings Richardson, Henry Hobson Portfolio of photographic plates of the Billings Library at the University of Vermont. Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and dedicated in 1885, the Billings Library is the architectural gem of the University of Vermont campus and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Frederick Billings, a native Vermonter, was the President of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and lent his name not only to a landmark library, but to the largest town in Montana - a city planned by his railroad company. In 1882, the recently retired Billings acquired the personal library of George Perkins Marsh and decided to donate funds to build UVM a new library. Billings was looking for a design like that of the Woburn Public Library in Woburn MA and once he discovered that Richardson was the architect of the Woburn library, the job was his. Woburn was Richardson's first library design, and the final form of the Billings Library is quite similar to it. Heliotype Printing Company, Boston 1885 1880 Digital Tiff; JPEG2000 Sandstone Z679.V52 1880 English University of Vermont Romanesque Revival Richardsonian Romanesque Burlington, Vermont, USA Restricted to current Rensselaer faculty, staff and students. Access inquiries may be directed to the Rensselaer Research libraries.
The Billings Library: the gift to the University of Vermont of Frederick Billings
Richardson, Henry Hobson
Portfolio of photographic plates of the Billings Library at the University of Vermont. Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and dedicated in 1885, the Billings Library is the architectural gem of the University of Vermont campus and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Frederick Billings, a native Vermonter, was the President of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and lent his name not only to a landmark library, but to the largest town in Montana - a city planned by his railroad company. In 1882, the recently retired Billings acquired the personal library of George Perkins Marsh and decided to donate funds to build UVM a new library. Billings was looking for a design like that of the Woburn Public Library in Woburn MA and once he discovered that Richardson was the architect of the Woburn library, the job was his. Woburn was Richardson's first library design, and the final form of the Billings Library is quite similar to it.
Heliotype Printing Company, Boston
1885
1880
Digital
Tiff; JPEG2000
Sandstone
Z679.V52 1880
English
University of Vermont
Romanesque Revival
Richardsonian Romanesque
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Restricted to current Rensselaer faculty, staff and students. Access inquiries may be directed to the Rensselaer Research libraries.