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Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street, Copley SquareBoston Suffolk County Massachusetts 02116
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The Boston Public Library is the largest municipal public library in the United States and is the third-largest library in the country. It was the first public library to allow people to borrow books and other materials and take them home to read and use.
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Landmark Trivia
- Bates Hall is the great reading room of the library. It is rectangular but has a semi-circular apse on each end, much like a Roman basilica.
- When it opened in 1895, the building was proclaimed a "palace for the people." It included the first Children's Reading Room in the nation and a sculpture garden in its central courtyard surrounded by an arcaded gallery.
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