Cowgate

Category

Library Item

Item no

6477

Title

Old houses at west end of Cowgate showing free library built on the site of the Hope House

Description

The Central Library in Edinburgh is situated next to the partially visible George IV Bridge. Next to the Library are tenements, washing hangs drying from some of the windows. There are shops on street level. These establishments include a hairdresser which has a barber's pole outside it and a pawnbroker with the three sphere symbol above the premises. People walk along the pavement and the cobblestone road of the Cowgate.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1912

Size

20.2 x 16 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Edinburgh Central Public Library is, strictly speaking, located on the Cowgate. It rises up four floors from this level to its main entrance on George IV Bridge. It was designed by George Washington Browne, and built in 1887-90. It was built with money donated by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Central Library acts as the community library for the centre of the city. It also has several subject dedicated sections: the Fine Art Library; Music Library; Scottish Library; Central Reference and the Edinburgh Room.

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Business > Service industry > Hairdressers

Business > Service industry > Shops

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Culture > Libraries

(55°56′54″N, 3°11′26″W)

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