Wellesley Hills Branch Library
Wellesley Hills Branch Library | |
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Location | Wellesley, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°18′53″N 71°16′15.5″W / 42.31472°N 71.270972°WCoordinates: 42°18′53″N 71°16′15.5″W / 42.31472°N 71.270972°W |
Built | 1927 |
Architect | Shirer, Hampton F.; Hannaford, R.H. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 07000546 |
Added to NRHP | June 12, 2007 |
The Wellesley Hills Branch Library is a historic library building at 210 Washington Street in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The stone building was designed in 1927 by , whose plans were developed from the sketches of the late Ralph H. Hannaford, and completed in 1928. The Colonial Revival building is L-shaped, with single story above a raised basement. It is faced in local fieldstone. The main block has a five-bay side-gable configuration with a projecting entry pavilion. It is the town's first purpose-built branch library.[1]
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View from southeast
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View from southwest
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Wellesley Hills Branch Library". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
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Categories:
- Library buildings completed in 1927
- Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Wellesley, Massachusetts
- Libraries in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Norfolk County, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs