The long granite facade of the Boston Public Library's McKim Building with arched windows and flags, seen from Copley Square on a clear day.

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Boston Public Library

The McKim Building of the Boston Public Library on Copley Square was designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1895 as the library's central building. The granite palazzo surrounds an arcaded courtyard and holds Bates Hall, a barrel-vaulted reading room, and murals by Puvis de Chavannes, Edwin Austin Abbey and John Singer Sargent.

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