McLennan Library Building

McLennan Library Building

The McLennan Library Building of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada is situated at the northeast corner of Sherbrooke Street and McTavish Street. The building, along with the Redpath Library Building currently houses the Humanities and Social Sciences Library, the largest branch of the McGill University Library. Built between 1967 and 1969, the library building was designed by the firm Dobush, Stewart and Bourke, who also designed McGill's Stewart Biological Sciences and Ernest Rutherford Physics Buildings, and worked on design for the city's Cadillac Metro station. It was named in honour of Isabella McLennan, who had made a large donation to McGill in order to purchase books.[1]

Contents

History

The McLennan Library Building stands on the site of Jesse Joseph's former mansion, "Dilcoosha", meaning 'the Heart's Delight' in Hindustani. Joseph, a prominent Montreal businessman, philanthropist and member of the city's Jewish community, died in 1904. Once a Canadian Officers' Training Corps headquarters during World War I and after the home of the McCord Museum, the mansion was demolished in 1955.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "McLennan Library Building". Virtual McGill. McGill University. http://cac.mcgill.ca/campus/buildings/McLennan_Library.html. Retrieved 2009-10-29. 
  2. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia
  3. ^ "Joseph House "Dilcoosha"". Virtual McGill. McGill University. http://cac.mcgill.ca/campus/buildings/Jesse_Joseph_House.html. Retrieved 2009-10-29. 

External links

Coordinates: 45°30′12″N 73°34′34″W / 45.5033°N 73.5760°W / 45.5033; -73.5760


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • McGill University Library — Country Canada Type Academic library Locat …   Wikipedia

  • Osler Library of the History of Medicine — Interior, 1930s The Osler Library, a branch of the McGill University Library, is Canada s foremost scholarly resource in the history of medicine, and one of the most important libraries of its type in North America. The nucleus of the Library is… …   Wikipedia

  • Redpath Library — The Redpath Library was the major arts and humanities library at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. When the McLennan Library was built in 1967 1969 it assumed this role and the Redpath Library was split into Redpath Hall and the Redpath… …   Wikipedia

  • Base One Foundation Component Library — Infobox Software name = Base One Foundation Component Library (BFC) caption = collapsible = author = developer = Base One International Corp. released = latest release version = 7.40 latest release date = February 15, 2008 latest preview version …   Wikipedia

  • McGill University Archives — The McGill University Archives (MUA) performs integrated archival and records management for McGill University.[1] and is housed in the McLennan Library Building. The MUA provides a number of searchable, online databases for researchers.[2] In… …   Wikipedia

  • Balboa High School (San Francisco, California) — Infobox SFHS name=Balboa High School seal coordinates=coord|37|43|18.58|N|122|26|27.86|W|region:US type:edu|display=inline,title district=SFUSD ceeb=052916 motto= First on the Pacific founded=1928 grades=9 ndash;12 campus=Urban principal=Patricia …   Wikipedia

  • McGill University — Motto Grandescunt Aucta Labore (Latin) Motto in English By work, all things increase and grow[1] …   Wikipedia

  • John Abbott College — Motto Lakeside view, global vision. Established 1971 …   Wikipedia

  • Schulich School of Music — The Schulich School of Musicf Location Strathcona Music Building, 555 Sherbrooke Street West …   Wikipedia

  • Macdonald Campus — of McGill University Macdonald College under construction, 1906 Motto …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”