Fogg Library

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Location Weymouth, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°10′28″N70°57′4″W / 42.17444°N 70.95111°W / 42.17444; -70.95111
Built1897
Architect Cutting, Carleton & Cutting
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Renaissance
NRHP reference No. 81000113 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 11, 1981

The Fogg Library is a historic library building at 1 Columbian Street in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Built in 1897 to a design by Cutting, Carleton & Cutting, the Renaissance Revival stone building serves as a branch of the Weymouth Public Library. It was a gift from local businessman John S. Fogg. It has a steeply pitched gable roof with stepped ends in the Dutch Revival style and a projecting gable section that houses the entry under a round-arched loggia. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Fogg Library". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-03.