When it comes to libraries, it turns out that LFPL is a real page turner.
Sport + entertainment publication Yardbarker released a ranked list featuring “20 of the most stunning libraries in the United States,” and the Louisville Free Public Library’s Main Branch made the cut.
Yardbarker ranked the York Street branch No. 8 on its list, below the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library, but ahead of the Los Angeles Central Library and the Indianapolis Central Library, among others — eat your heart out, INDYtoday.
The publication called the Main Library, “gorgeous and palatial,” and noted that the interior features, “beautiful staircases with ornate railings and striking white marble columns and floors.”
Fun fact: The Main Branch first opened in 1908, and it expanded in the 1960s. Check out the full history of the branch and the future of an $11 million renovation project.
