Randall Library
Randall Memorial Library | |
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![]() Randall Library in 2018 | |
Location | Stow, Massachusetts, United States of America |
Type | Public Library |
Established | 1851 |
Branches | 1 |
Access and use | |
Population served | 7,174 (2020 census) |
Other information | |
Website | https://www.stow-ma.gov/randall-library |
The Randall Library is a public library at 19 Crescent Street in Stow, Massachusetts. In 1851 John Witt Randall, a notable naturalist, poet, and art collector, donated his collection of 700 books to form a library and left a bequest in his will to construct the current library building and to fund a permanent trust.[1] The library is part of the Minuteman Library Network.[2]
Architecture
The library building was designed by the architect George G. Adams in the Richardsonian Romanesque style and built in 1893 by the contractor, A. P. Powers. A large addition was built in 1976. In 2021, town voters passed a major renovation project to demolish and rebuild the 1976 addition and restore parts of the historic 1800s section of the library.[3]
![Black and white photograph of the historic 1800s Randall Library structure](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Poems_of_Nature_and_Life_-_The_Randall_Library_at_Stow%2C_Massachusetts.png/220px-Poems_of_Nature_and_Life_-_The_Randall_Library_at_Stow%2C_Massachusetts.png)
See also
- John Witt Randall
References
External links
- Official website
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![Photograph of a brick structure and large tree](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Main_entrance_of_the_Randall_Library_in_Stow.jpg/220px-Main_entrance_of_the_Randall_Library_in_Stow.jpg)