The Quadrangle consists of the spectacular Italian Renaissance City Library (1912) on State St. and the adjoining 5 museums to the rear of the Library. These include the Museum of Fine Arts, the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, the Science Museum, the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, and the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden.
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1912 City Library is an architectural tour de force in marble and arguably a peerless building in Springfield.
It was designed by Edward R. Tilton. It was built with financial support from Andrew Carnegie. The Renaissance Revival GWV Smith Art Museum (1896) was designed by the NY firm of Renwick, Aspinwall & Renwick. It is built of Pompeiian brick and has the largest collection of Chinese cloisonne in the Western world.
1912 City Library is an architectural tour de force in marble and arguably a peerless building in Springfield.It was designed by Edward R. Tilton. It was built with financial support from Andrew Carnegie. The Renaissance Revival GWV Smith Art Museum (1896) was designed by the NY firm of Renwick, Aspinwall & Renwick. It is built of Pompeiian brick and has the largest collection of Chinese cloisonne in the Western world.
The Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden was sculpted by Lark Grey Dimond-Cates, Theodor Geisel's stepdaughter. Geisel was born in Springfield on Howard St.
The Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral (1874) was designed by Lord & Fuller and H.G. Wadlin of Boston of Longmeadow brownstone.
Across from the Library is the Renaissance Revival Central High School (1897), as well as a striking modern Federal Courthouse (2008), designed by Moshe Safdie..
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