Fogg Library
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 Fogg Library | |
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| Location | Weymouth, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°10′28″N 70°57′4″W / 42.17444°N 70.95111°W / 42.17444; -70.95111 |
| Built | 1897 |
| Architect | Cutting, Carleton & Cutting |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000113[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 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]
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Fogg Library". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
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