THE
GREEN
ALCOVE
John Cleve Green [1800-1875] was a prosperous figure of the old China trade. His family left an endowment to the Library for the purchase and repair of art and non-fiction books.
A portrait of John Green and panelling from the green alcove at University Place were moved to the Seventy-Ninth Street Library and both are now in a nook on the 12th level stack.
Green Alcove: Historical Photo
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