Photo Record
Images
![[107 Library Place]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/016/thumbs/j_15_013.jpg)
![[107 Library Place]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/016/thumbs/j_15_013-2.jpg)
Metadata
Object ID |
J_15_013 |
Title |
[107 Library Place] |
Collection |
Photo Archives |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
107 Library Place (old number 117), on the corner of Boudinot Street. The house was built in 1899 by Mr. Murray, who sold it around 1912 to Howard Russell Butler, an artist and designer who worked for Andrew Carnegie. |
Place |
Princeton, NJ |
Print size |
8" x 10" |
Subjects |
Buildings Houses Residences Homes Trees Porches Streets Drive ways Driveways Chairs Rocking chairs Trellises Vines Bushes |
People |
Murray, [first name unknown] Butler, Howard Russell, 1856-1934 Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 |
Search Terms |
Library Place Boudinot Street |
Notes |
In pencil on back of photo: J-15 107 Library Place. Built in 1899 by Mr. Murray, who sold it to Howard Russell Butler, a designer + manager for Andrew Carnegie, about 1912 (Old number 117 Library Place). 1982: corner Library + Boudinot 107 Library Pl. Main Entrance on Boudinot - columns + porch removed - Library Pl. drive removed Glassed-in porches converted to projections of main of building mass (enclosed - same siding material as house) 1st floor fenestration changed - large picture window where entrance was. Former porch on right now w/ central rectangular window framed by pilaster + 2 round-arched windows on either side Large beech in front of house - Library Place side. Foundation plantings in front 26 R1088 Howard Russell Butlers House - in by 1913 - artist + designer worked for Andrew Carnegie 117 Library Place - old no. Neg J-15 He bought house from Murray estate built 1899 by Murray |
Provenance |
Print of glass plate negative in HSP collection. Primarily from local studios Kopp and Silvester |