The Mercantile Library
The Mercantile Library celebrates its 17th anniversary and the
completion of a recent renovation. In our April 2010 issue, we ran
photos of the library past and present, and those images appear here.
Present day photographs by Ryan Kurtz; historic photos courtesy of the Mercantile Library
Established as The Young Men’s Mercantile Library Association in April 1835, the library holds a 10,000-year lease on its 11th- and 12th-floor space in the Mercantile Building on Walnut Street.