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2 unusual facts about New York Law Institute


New York Law Institute

  A large colonnaded mansard-roofed structure, the building was decidedly unpopular, and was dubbed “Mullet’s Monstrosity,” after its designer, United States supervising architect Alfred Bult Mullet.

Another leading legal figure who took an interest in the development of the library was Judge John W. Edmonds, who “manifested the greatest interest in its welfare, and has contributed most substantially to its development and success.”  It was Edmonds who prepared the manuscript on which the first library catalog was based.



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