Memorial Hall Library

Memorial Hall Library
Memorial Hall Library is located in Massachusetts
Memorial Hall Library
Memorial Hall Library is located in the United States
Memorial Hall Library
LocationAndover, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°39′24″N 71°8′29″W / 42.65667°N 71.14139°W / 42.65667; -71.14139
Built1871–73; 1926–27; 1985–88
Built byAbbott & Jenkins (1871–73); Eastern Contractors (1985–88)
ArchitectJ. F. Eaton (1871–73); Coolidge & Carlson (1926–27); Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott (1985–88)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Classical Revival, Italianate
MPSTown of Andover MRA
NRHP reference No.82004805 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 10, 1982

Memorial Hall Library is the public library of Andover, Massachusetts. The building was built with Italianate styling in 1873 to a design by J. F. Eaton, a longtime associate of the Boston architect Gridley J. F. Bryant.[2] Funding was provided by a number of leading local businessmen, and construction was by the firm of Abbott & Jenkins. It was designed to house the town library, which it still does, and to act as a memorial to the town's Civil War soldiers. It was renovated in the 1920s under the direction of architects Coolidge & Carlson, at which time it acquired its Colonial Revival details.[3] Small additions were completed in 1961 and 1968. In 1988 a large addition, which doubled the size of the building, was completed. This was designed by Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott.[4]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Reed, Roger G. (2007). Building Victorian Boston The Architecture of Gridley J. F. Bryant. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press. pp. 167–169. ISBN 978-1-55849-555-5.
  3. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Memorial Hall Library". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  4. ^ Chronology of Significant Events and Innovations in the History of Memorial Hall Library, Memorial Hall Library. Accessed September 6, 2022.


See also

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