William D. Walsh Family Library

441 East Fordham Road | also 439 East Fordham Road | Belmont | built 1922

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 1997

    Fordham opens the Walsh Family Library after outgrowing the old Duane Library

    Fordham opened the William D. Walsh Family Library in 1997 because its original library, Duane Library, could no longer hold the growing collection. The new building, named for alumnus William Walsh, who gave a large share of its cost, has more than 240,000 square feet on five floors and holds over a million volumes and 380,000 U.S. government documents.

    “…officially opened in 1997 after Duane Library, the original university library, was unable to hold the increase in volumes…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2004

    The Princeton Review ranks the Walsh Library fifth in the nation

    The Princeton Review, in the 2004 edition of its guide The Best 351 Colleges, placed Fordham's Walsh Family Library fifth among college libraries in the United States. That put it ahead of the libraries at Yale, Harvard and Columbia.

    “In its 2004 edition of The Best 351 Colleges, the Princeton Review ranked Fordham's William D. Walsh Family Library fifth in the country…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2007

    A museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman art opens inside the library

    Since 2007 the library has housed the Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art. Its core is more than 200 ancient pieces that William Walsh and his wife, Jane, bought at public auctions and gave to the university, along with 732 ancient coins donated by Thomas Maroney and Byzantine mosaics given anonymously in 2013.

    “Since 2007 it also houses the Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art.”

    Source: Wikipedia

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