Melrose Public Library

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Melrose Public Library

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| image = MelroseMA_PublicLibrary.jpg

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| location = Melrose, Massachusetts

| coordinates = {{coord|42|27|33|N|71|4|2|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Massachusetts#USA

| area =

| built = 1904

| builder = George M. Tufts

| architect = Penn Varney

| architecture = Classical Revival

| added = June 23, 1988

| refnum = 88000909{{NRISref|2008a}}

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The Melrose Public Library is a historic library at 69 W. Emerson Street in Melrose, Massachusetts. The original T-shaped building was built in 1904, and is a two-story Colonial Revival structure faced in brick with limestone trim. It was built with funds contributed by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to a design by Lynn architect Penn Varney, and features stained glass windows by Wilbur H. Burnham. A modern single story addition was added in 1963 to the rear and left side of the building.{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=mel.85|title=NRHP nomination for Melrose Public Library|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2014-02-26}}

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

The Library is a member of the North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE) consortium.{{Cite web|url=https://www.noblenet.org/about/|title=NOBLE Web » About NOBLE|website=www.noblenet.org|access-date=2017-04-26}}

Resource collections

  • General (fiction, nonfiction, reference materials, serials, etc.)
  • Children's library
  • Teen Zone
  • Digital library
  • Seed library

Other services

  • Computer stations
  • Wi-fi
  • Printing
  • Museum passes
  • Room reservations for non-profit, educational, civic, or cultural groups

See also

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