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Mason College, on today’s streets

Josiah Mason’s science college opened on Edmund Street in 1880 and grew into the University of Birmingham. It was demolished in the 1960s for the Central Library, itself demolished in 2016.

A 3D model of Mason College, a red-brick Gothic building facing Chamberlain Square, placed among today’s Paradise buildings in central Birmingham
Mason College — position from the OS 25-inch map; the Edmund Street front (steep gables, turreted wings, 90 ft wings and 122 ft centre) from Dent (1880) and photographs; the back ranges are approximateLandmarks standing todayBuildings standing on the site today (see-through)Buildings today (OpenStreetMap)
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