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Rundel Memorial Library

Art Deco architecture in Rochester, New YorkBeaux-Arts architecture in New York (state)Educational buildings in Rochester, New YorkLibraries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)Library buildings completed in 1932
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The Rundel Memorial Building is a historic library building located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. It is the original downtown site of the Rochester Public Library, and along with the Bausch & Lomb Library Building directly across the street, serves as the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County. It is framed in reinforced concrete and faced in smooth Indiana limestone. It consists of three main floors, a mezzanine, two underground levels, a catwalk level above the river, and a penthouse area for equipment. It was constructed between 1934 and 1936, and represents an integration of Beaux-Arts planning and massing with Art Deco detailing and stylization. The building is sited along the east side of the Genesee River directly above the Johnson and Seymour millrace and Rochester Subway. The building was built in part with monies from the estate of Morton W. Rundel and with a grant from the Public Works Administration.It is a work of prominent Rochester architectural firm Gordon & KaelberIt was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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Rundel Memorial Library
South Avenue, City of Rochester

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Rundel Memorial Library (Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County)

South Avenue 115
14604 City of Rochester
New York, United States
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