Wellesley Hills Branch Library

Wellesley Hills Branch Library

View from west
Location Wellesley, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°18′53″N 71°16′15.5″W / 42.31472°N 71.270972°W / 42.31472; -71.270972Coordinates: 42°18′53″N 71°16′15.5″W / 42.31472°N 71.270972°W / 42.31472; -71.270972
Built 1927
Architect Shirer, Hampton F.; Hannaford, R.H.
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 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 Hampton F. Shirer, 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]

View from southeast
View from southwest

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[2]

See also

References

  1. "NRHP nomination for Wellesley Hills Branch Library". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  2. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.


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