Austin Library Association Building, exterior view, 1888 [picture]. 1888.

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Chicago Public Library Archives. Austin Library Association Building, exterior view, 1888 [picture].

Austin Library Association Building, exterior view, 1888 [picture]. 1888.

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The Austin neighborhood, named for the Honorable Henry W. Austin, came into existence in the mid-19th century as an independent village seven miles west of Chicago. At the time that this photograph was taken, the Austin Library Association Building contained club rooms, a public hall and village library rooms. The building, constructed in the Queen Anne style, with wrap-around porches on the first and second floors, was also home to the Oaks Club. The Austin Community Collection, held in the Library's Special Collections & Preservation Division, includes materials on Henry W. Austin, as well as the Bassett, Burkhart, Braucher, Hankinson, Moore and Race families.

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm.

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