John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library

Local nameJohn D. Rockefeller Jr. Library
LocationCollege Hill, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, nicknamed "the Rock", is the primary teaching and research library for the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. It is one of five individual libraries which make up the Brown University Library.

The library was named after John D. Rockefeller Jr., who graduated in the class of 1897. The building was constructed between 1962 and 1964 and designed by Danforth Toan. The building drew attention as the first building in the area constructed in the Brutalist style, and alongside the Sciences Library, Graduate Center, and List Art Building, is one of the campus's four significant examples of Brutalist architecture.The library houses Brown University's East Asian Collection, which started in 1961 after Charles Sidney Gardner donated about 30,000…

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller_Jr._Library

Official Website https://library.brown.edu/about/rock/

Phone 401-863-2165

Coordinates 41°49'32.543" N -71°24'18.518" E

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