Cobb Memorial Library

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Cobb Memorial Library
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Location Truro, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°59′41″N70°3′3″W / 41.99472°N 70.05083°W / 41.99472; -70.05083 Coordinates: 41°59′41″N70°3′3″W / 41.99472°N 70.05083°W / 41.99472; -70.05083
Built 1912
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Craftsman
NRHP reference # 13000367 [1]
Added to NRHP June 12, 2013

Cobb Memorial Library, located at 13 Truro Center Road, is a historic library building in Truro, Massachusetts. The library was established through a donation by Elisha Wiley Cobb made in memory of his parents, and was built in 1912. It is a rare example of Craftsman style architecture in the town. The building served as the town's main library until 1999, when a new building was constructed in North Truro. The building has since been converted for use by the Truro Historical Society. [2]

Truro, Massachusetts Town in Massachusetts, United States

Truro is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, comprising two villages: Truro and North Truro. Located slightly more than 100 miles (160 km) by road from Boston, it is a summer vacation community just south of the northern tip of Cape Cod, in an area known as the "Outer Cape". English colonists named it after Truro in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

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The library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cobb Memorial Library". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Cobb Memorial Library" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-01-22.