Carnegie Library (now William Harmon Norton Geological Center)
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Carnegie Library (now William Harmon Norton Geological Center)
Carnegie Library (now William Harmon Norton Geological Center)
1904–1905, Barlett and King. Cornell College campus, off W. 1st St.
This Beaux-Arts design centers attention on the entrance, set between two wide piers from which springs a central arch. Above the door is a porch with classical pediment embraced at the side by two dolphins.