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June 02nd, 2021

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Balham Library opened On This Day 3 June 1898
Architect Sidney R J Smith
The library is under the control of the Streatham Libraries Commissioners. The materials used in construction are red bricks, Portland stone and green slate while all arches are done in specially made red tile. The builder is Mt T Wallis of Balham and Mr Bull Clerk of works
Considerable difficulty was experienced in the foundations as the building is on the site of an old gravel pit and piers (on which the building stands) had to be carried down very deep.
The site was presented to the Commissioners by Henry Tate JP of Streatham and the library is being erected by them as a branch of the Steratham Library which will be the central one of several branches.
The Building News 15 April 1898
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