Nevins Memorial Library
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Nevins Memorial Library
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| image = Nevins Memorial Library.jpg
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| location = 305 Broadway,
Methuen, Massachusetts
| coordinates = {{coord|42|43|52|N|71|11|25|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Massachusetts#USA
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| built = 1883
| architect = Samuel J. F. Thayer
| architecture = Romanesque
| added = January 20, 1984{{NRISref|2008a}}
| mpsub = Methuen MRA
| refnum = 84002407
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The Nevins Memorial Library at 305 Broadway in Methuen, Massachusetts was built in 1883 to honor David Nevins, Sr. as a memorial gift from his wife Eliza Nevins (née Eliza Coffin), his elder son David Nevins, Jr., and his younger son Henry Coffin Nevins. The library is located at 305 Broadway in Methuen and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The Nevins Memorial Library offers resources including free Wi-Fi internet access, book clubs, an outreach program to deliver books and media for homebound individuals, and so on.[http://www.nevinslibrary.org/home.html] Nevins Memorial Library[http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_092220053.html] Eagle Tribune, "Free Wi-Fi at Nevins Memorial Library in Methuen" The library is also the custodian of the Nevins Memorial Library Historic Collection, much of which is in storage and for which viewing appointments should be made. The collection includes manuscripts and printed materials, genealogical resources, vital records, assorted objet d'art and collectables, and the stained glass windows of the library itself.{{cite web |url=http://www.nevinslibrary.org/reference/historiccollection.html |title=Nevins Memorial Library |accessdate=2008-08-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106175314/http://www.nevinslibrary.org/reference/historiccollection.html |archivedate=2008-01-06 }} Nevins Memorial Library Historic Collection
Gallery
Image:Nevins Memorial Library 1883.jpg|Photograph of the newly constructed Nevins Memorial Library in 1883Original is 5x8 sepia photograph from the Nevins Memorial Historic Collection
Image:Nevins Library First Librarians.jpg|Photograph of three of Nevins Memorial Library's earliest librarians. Seated at the table in the Reference Room are: Miss Alice Chase, Miss Crosby and Miss Tooday Dorsey. Reference books are in the background and artifacts from the Nevins Historic Collection (Pheasant, Vase, Table and Richsonian Chair) are visible.Original is 4X6 sepia photograph from the Nevins Memorial Historic Collection
Image:Nevins Memorial Library Interior.jpg|Present day interior of the original room
See also
References
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Further reading
- Harriet Howe Ames. [https://books.google.com/books?id=tO1hbgX5Y1gC Catalogue of the Nevins Memorial Library, Methuen, Massachusetts]. Boston: Franklin Press, 1887
External links
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- [http://www.nevinslibrary.org/ Nevins Memorial Library Website]
{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}
Category:Library buildings completed in 1883
Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Category:Buildings and structures in Methuen, Massachusetts
Category:Libraries in Essex County, Massachusetts
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Methuen, Massachusetts
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