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In 1952, the building was extended to the south by the architectural firm of McDougall, Fleming and Smith, and new reading areas were added. With this expansion, the east wall of the 1921 Nobbs building was enclosed, and the use of Redpath Hall as the reading room of the library came to an end. This
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building. During the first half of the 20th century, the library was extended several times to the south, and the expanded building became known as the Redpath Library Building. Subsequently, the adjacent
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The library stacks were expanded in 1900–01 by Taylor at the request of Redpath's wife, Grace. The library was expanded again in 1921, by
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and donated in 1981. Redpath Hall is also home to a large portion of the university's portrait collection, which is managed by the
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was completed in 1969, it was connected to the Redpath Library Building by a walkway between the two buildings on the main floor.
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expansion is now known as the Redpath Library Building, and it is part of the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. When the
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Redpath Hall is currently used as a concert hall and for special events. It has been under the management of McGill's
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Redpath Hall is now used as a venue for concerts and other events, and it is operated by the
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was built between 1967 and 1969. Today, the Redpath-McLennan library complex houses the
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View of the Redpath Library's original reading room, which is now known as Redpath Hall
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and other figures on the roof, including two representing Redpath and Taylor.
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The original library building was completed in 1893 and donated by
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A librarian seated at Redpath Library's circulation desk in 1895.
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and George Taylor Hyde, in the original Taylor style.
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Richardsonian Romanesque
Montreal
Quebec
Andrew Taylor
McTavish Street
Montreal
Quebec
McGill University
library
McLennan Library Building
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
McGill University Library
Schulich School of Music
Hellmuth Wolff
McGill Visual Arts Collection

Peter Redpath
Redpath Museum
Romanesque
Andrew Taylor
Edinburgh
gargoyles

A librarian is seated at Redpath Library's circulation desk in 1895.
Percy Erskine Nobbs
McLennan Library Building
Faculty of Music
"Redpath Hall"
"Redpath Hall & Library"

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