Wellesley Hills Branch Library

Wellesley Hills Branch Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Wellesley, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°18′53″N71°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 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 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]

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

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk County, Massachusetts

References

1. "NRHP nomination for Wellesley Hills Branch Library". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

External links

• Wellesley Free Library