Tag: library
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Saxonville Branch Library
Framingham, MA, 1963, by Richmond & Goldberg Though no official record exists, library service in Saxonville dates back to at least the mid-19th century when industrialist Michael Simpson donated a room above a drug store at the corner of Danforth and Concord streets for a public reading room. The city of Framingham would take over…
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Framingham Public Library
Framingham, MA, 1974-1979 by Huygens and tappé In the 1960s, Framingham realized its library system had a problem. Since its humble beginnings with the Edgell Public Library (now the Framingham History Center) built in 1876, the system had grown into a number of branch libraries scattered throughout the city with no unifying central location for…
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Sherborn Library
Sherborn, MA, 1971, James A.S. Walker, A.I.A. The Sherborn Library is a modernist gem sitting on a small hill overlooking the Town Hall and police station creating a municipal complex along the town’s tree lined Main Street. The building blends the traditional New England one room library typology with modern flair, breaking the pitched roof…
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Framingham Centre Library
Framingham, MA, 1963 by Richmond & Goldberg While the current Framingham Historical Center is the more famous former Framingham library, this building was home to the central branch from its construction in 1963 until the current downtown branch was built in 1978. The large circular main reading room defines the facade, bowing out from the…