Peabody Institute
The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) is a conservatory and university-preparatory school in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere neighborhood of northern Baltimore, Maryland, facing the Washington Monument circle at the corner of North Charles and East Monument Streets (also known as intersection of Mount Vernon Place and Washington Place).
The Peabody Institute was founded in 1857 by philanthropist George Peabody (1795–1869), and is the oldest conservatory in the United States. Its association with JHU allows students to do research across disciplines.
History
George Peabody founded the Institute with a bequest of about $800,000 from his fortune made in Massachusetts and Baltimore (where he lived from 1815–1835).
Completion of the Grecian-Italian west wing building housing the Institute, designed by Edmund George Lind, was delayed by the Civil War; it was dedicated in 1866. Under the direction of well-known musicians, composers, conductors, and Peabody alumni, the Institute grew from a local academy into an internationally renowned cultural center through the late 19th and the 20th centuries.
Peabody Institute (Danvers, Massachusetts)
The Peabody Institute is the public library of Danvers, Massachusetts, established in 1854. The current building at 15 Sylvan Street was constructed for the Peabody Institute in 1891 by Little & Brown. The historic structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Architecture and history
The town of Danvers was formed out of part of South Danvers (now Peabody) in 1855. Philanthropist and native son George Peabody donated $50,000 for the construction of a library for the new town. The first building was designed by Gridley J. F. Bryant and built in 1868-69; this Gothic Revival structure was destroyed by fire in 1890. The library's trustees elected to rebuild on the same site, retaining Little & Brown (whose chief draftsman was a Danvers resident) to design the replacement. The present Classical Revival structure was completed in 1892. The building was transferred from the trustees to the town in 1978.
Peabody Institute (disambiguation)
The Peabody Institute may refer to:
George Peabody Library
The George Peabody Library, formerly known as the Library of the Peabody Institute, is the 19th-century focused research library of The Johns Hopkins University. It is located on the Peabody campus at West Mount Vernon Place in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere historic cultural neighborhood north of downtown Baltimore, Maryland, across from the landmark Washington Monument. The collections are available for use by the general public, in keeping with the famous Baltimorean merchant/banker/financier/philanthropist George Peabody's goal to create a library "for the free use of all persons who desire to consult it."
History
Peabody Institute Library (Peabody, Massachusetts)
The Peabody Institute Library is an historic library on Main Street in Peabody, Massachusetts. It was established in 1854 by a bequest from philanthropist and Peabody native George Peabody. The two story brick building is an Italianate style building that at one time had a three story tower on its rear left corner, which has since been removed.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
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