Abbie Greenleaf Library
Abbie Greenleaf Library | |
44°13′36″N 71°44′42″W / 44.22667°N 71.74500°W / 44.22667; -71.74500 | |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
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Built | 1912; 1971 |
Architect | William H. McLean (1912); Carter & Woodruff (1971) |
Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals |
NRHP reference No. | 03000526[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 13, 2003 |
The Abbie Greenleaf Library is the public library in Franconia, New Hampshire. It is located at 439 Main St. in the center of the main village, in a Jacobethan building designed by William H. McLean and built in 1912. The building was a gift to the town from Charles Greenleaf and named in honor of his wife. Greenleaf was owner of the Profile House, a major resort hotel in Franconia. The library had an addition designed by Carter & Woodruff of Nashua built in 1971. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1][2]
Architecture
The Abbie Greenleaf Library is located on the north side of Franconia's Main Street, just east of its town hall. It is a single-story masonry structure, finished in yellow brick with gray sandstone trim. It has a red ceramic tile roof, which is adorned with a pair of eyebrow dormers and flanked by a pair of end chimneys. A gabled entrance pavilion projects at the center of the facade, the entrance recessed in an opening with a low-pitch gabled top, and framed by a shouldered cornice. Small windows flank either side of the entrance on the projection, and there are bands of three windows on the main facade on either side of the projection. The interior is richly appointed in mahogany woodwork, with marble wainscoting and terrazzo tile floors.[2]
The building was the first (and thus far only) purpose-built library building in the community. Its first library, a social lending library that charged a small fee, was founded in 1880 by summer residents, and this collection grew until it formed the basis for the town's free public library. It was originally housed in the town's general store, and was eventually moved to the local school, where the collection continued to grow. The present library building was built in 1912 to a design by William H. McLean of Boston, Massachusetts, paid for by Charles Greenleaf, proprietor of the Profile Hotel. Greenleaf made a further endowment bequest for the building's upkeep in his will, which was given to the town upon his death in 1924.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c Harriet Taylor and Christine Fonda (February 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Abbie Greenleaf Library". National Park Service. and accompanying eight photos from 2003
External links
- Library web site
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Landmark
- The Epic of American Civilization Murals
- Ashland Gristmill and Dam
- Canaan Street Historic District
- Central Square Historic District
- Colburn Park Historic District
- Dorchester Common Historic District
- Enfield Shaker Historic District
- Enfield Village Historic District
- Haverhill Corner Historic District
- Hebron Village Historic District
- Lyme Center Historic District
- Lyme Common Historic District
- Orford Street Historic District
- Plymouth Historic District
- Shepard Hill Historic District
- True Farm
- Webster Estate
- Abbie Greenleaf Library
- Ashland Junior High School
- Ashland Railroad Station
- Bath Covered Bridge
- Bedell Covered Bridge‡
- Boulderwood
- Brick Store
- Bristol Town Hall
- Burleigh Brae and Webster Boathouse
- Burt–Cheney Farm
- Camp Carnes
- Camp Mowglis
- Camp Ossipee
- Canaan Meetinghouse
- Centre Village Meeting House
- Chapel of the Holy Cross
- Chocorua Island Chapel
- Daniel Carr House
- Dorchester Community Church
- Dow Academy
- Edward H. Lane House
- Enfield Center Town House
- Felsengarten
- First Free Will Baptist Church and Vestry
- Frost Place
- Goodall-Woods Law Office
- Great Hollow Road Stone Arch Bridge
- Hanover Town Library
- Haverhill–Bath Covered Bridge
- Hewitt House
- Holderness Free Library
- Holderness Inn
- Jeremiah Hutchins Tavern
- Lisbon Inn
- Littleton Town Building
- Lovett's by Lafayette Brook
- Lyme–East Thetford Bridge‡
- Minot–Sleeper Library
- Morey Memorial Bridge‡
- Moses Kent House
- Norman and Marion Perry House
- North Holderness Freewill Baptist Church–Holderness Historical Society Building
- Old Grafton County Courthouse
- Owls Head
- Piermont Bridge‡
- The Rocks
- Rockywold–Deephaven Camps
- Sawyer–Medlicott House
- Sphinx Tomb
- Spring Hill Farm
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church
- Stone Arch Underpass
- Swiftwater Covered Bridge
- Thayer's Hotel
- Trinity Church
- US Post Office and Courthouse–Littleton Main
- Watch Rock Camp
- Whipple House
- Woodsville Opera Building