Newton Centre Branch Library

United States historic place


Newton Centre Branch Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


42°19′45″N 71°11′43″W / 42.32917°N 71.19528°W / 42.32917; -71.19528
Built	1927
Architect	Ritchie, Parsons & Taylor
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
MPS	Newton MRA
NRHP reference No.	90000024 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 16, 1990

The Newton Centre Branch Library is a historic library building at 1294 Centre Street in Newton, Massachusetts. The building now houses municipal offices. (A new library building opened near city hall in 1991.) The 1+1⁄2-story brick building was designed by Newton resident James Ritchie of Ritchie, Parsons & Tyler, and was built in 1928. It was one of five branch libraries paid for by subscription of Newton citizens and built between 1926 and 1939. The building is basically Tudor Revival in its styling, although its entry has a Colonial Revival segmented arch surround.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "NRHP nomination for Newton Centre Branch Library". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-17.

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