West End Library
West End Library | |
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Location | 15 School St., Farmington, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 41°45′31″N 72°53′15″W / 41.75861°N 72.88750°WCoordinates: 41°45′31″N 72°53′15″W / 41.75861°N 72.88750°W |
Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
Built | 1917 |
Architectural style | Renaissance |
NRHP Reference # | 00000369[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 25, 2000 |
The West End Library, now the Unionville Museum, is a historic library and museum building at 15 School Street in the Unionville village of Farmington, Connecticut. It is a single-story building, with load-bearing brick walls finished in stucco, and a red tile roof. Its main facade is seven bays wide, with a projecting gable-roofed entry portico in the center bay. The other bays have tall round-arch windows, with small rectangular transom-like windows set above, just below the roofline, with diamond grillwork.[2]
The Renaissance style building was designed by New York City architect Edward Tilton, and completed in 1917 with funding from Andrew Carnegie.[3] In the 1960s library services moved from the building and in 1984 the building opened as a museum.[3] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford County, Connecticut
- List of Carnegie libraries in Connecticut
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for West End Library" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
- 1 2 http://www.necarnegies.com/ctunionville.htm
External links
- Unionville Museum - official site