Hunt Memorial Library

Historic building in New Hampshire, United States

United States historic place

Location6 Main St., Nashua, New Hampshire

Coordinates42°45′55″N 71°28′3″W / 42.76528°N 71.46750°W / 42.76528; -71.46750

Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)

Built1903 (1903)

Significant dates

Hunt Memorial Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property


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Location	6 Main St., Nashua, New Hampshire
Coordinates	42°45′55″N 71°28′3″W / 42.76528°N 71.46750°W / 42.76528; -71.46750
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1903 (1903)
Built by	Nashua Building Co.
Architect	Cram & Associates
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
Part of	Nashville Historic District (ID84000574)
NRHP reference No.	71000049^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 28, 1971
Designated CP	December 13, 1984

The Hunt Memorial Library, also known as the John M. Hunt Memorial Building, is a historic former library building at 6 Main Street in downtown Nashua, New Hampshire. Built in 1903, it is a significant early work of the renowned Gothic Revival architect Ralph Adams Cram, then in partnership with Goodhue and Ferguson. The Nashua Public Library moved to a new building in 1971. The building is owned by the city and is available for rent for functions.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[1]

The Hunt Memorial Building is located at the northern end of downtown Nashua, at the southeast corner of Main and Lowell Streets. It is a multi-level structure built of brick laid in Flemish bond, with limestone trim. Its three-story square tower is an imposing presence at the upper end of Main Street, with a staircase turret projecting from one corner. The tower has buttressed corners and large Gothic-arched windows, and houses a four-face clock in its upper level. It is topped by a crenellated parapet. The main entrance is located at the base of the tower, in a Gothic-arched opening with heavy oaken double doors with book-leaf panels.^[3]

The building was constructed in 1903, and is an early work of architect Ralph Adams Cram, then early in a distinguished career. Cram was a native of New Hampshire, and was during his career a major proponent of renewed interest in Gothic Revival architecture. The Hunt Building includes good examples of the architectural vocabulary Cram developed for this role.^[3] It was used as a library until 1971.

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
↑ "The Hunt Building". Nashualibrary.org. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
1 2 "NRHP nomination for Hunt Memorial Library". National Park Service. Retrieved October 28, 2014.

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National Register of Historic Places in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

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Districts

Amherst Village Historic District
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Contoocook Mills Industrial District
District A
District B
District C
District D
District E
The Flint Estate
Francestown Town Hall and Academy and Town Common Historic District
Goffstown Main Street Historic District
Hancock Village Historic District
Hollis Village Historic District
Lyndeborough Center Historic District
Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company Historic District
Nashua Manufacturing Company Historic District
Nashville Historic District
New Ipswich Center Village Historic District
Old County Road South Historic District
Sainte Marie Roman Catholic Church Parish Historic District
Victory Park Historic District

Buildings

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Government	Bedford Town Hall Citizens' Hall Hillsborough County Courthouse Manchester City Hall Milford Town House and Library Annex New Hampshire State Union Armory New Ipswich Town Hall Peterborough Town House Temple Town Hall US Post Office-Peterborough Main Weare Town House Wilton Town Hall
Industrial	Daniel Cragin Mill Hillsborough Mills Hoyt Shoe Factory Kimball Brothers Shoe Factory Milford Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company Mine Falls Gatehouse
Religious	All Saints Church Bedford Presbyterian Church Francestown Meetinghouse Goffstown Congregational Church Greenfield Meeting House Peterborough Unitarian Church Union Chapel
Residential/ Agriculture	Abbot House Jonathan Barnes House Barrett House Carpenter and Bean Block Frank Pierce Carpenter House Amos Chase House and Mill Alpheus Gay House Hamblet-Putnam-Frye House Kennedy Hill Farm Hill–Lassonde House Hills House Thomas Russell Hubbard House Killicut-Way House Lamson Farm McClure-Hilton House The Meetinghouse Marion Nichols Summer Home William Peabody House G.O. Sanders House Signer's House and Matthew Thornton Cemetery Gov. John Butler Smith House Smith and Dow Block Smyth Tower Stonyfield Farm Gen. George Stark House Gen. John Stark House William Parker Straw House Sullivan House Roger Sullivan House Oliver Whiting Homestead Caleb Whittaker Place Levi Woodbury Homestead Zimmerman House

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Valley Cemetery

Structures

County Farm Bridge
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Hancock–Greenfield Bridge
Hillsborough Railroad Bridge
Milford Suspension Bridge

Footnotes

† This entry has been removed from the registry.

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