North Easton Public Library (Ames Free Library)
- Title:
- North Easton Public Library (Ames Free Library)
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Richardson, Henry Hobson (American architect, 1838-1886)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1879-ca. 1895 (photograph)
1877-1879 (building)
- Location:
- North Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 10046035
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00211
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10046035.jpg
- Style/Period:
- Romanesque Revival
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Architecture
libraries (buildings)
public buildings by function
rustication
dormers
Towers
Ames Free Library, North Easton, Massachusetts
photographs - Measurement:
- 14.9225 x 19.685 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "Richardson's design for the Ames Library is basically rectangular in plan with the major rooms, the stack wing, hall, and reading room, arranged longitudinally. A broad gable projects forward from the north end of the longitudinal mass. This gable is marked by the arched entry to th e outside porch on the first floor and by a row of five arched windows separated by pairs of short columns supporting the arches on the second. The stack wing windows form a horizontal band, each group of three separated by four short columns. Construction is of warm, light-brown Milford granite lai d in random ashlar with dark reddish brown Longmeadow brownstone trim. The roof is red-orange tile over wood barrel-vaulted stack wing ceiling....On his death in 1877, Oliver Ames II left $50,000 in trust for a library. The will specified that it was to be a private institution, not owned by the tow n, but held in trust for the public. The commission entered Richardson's office in September 1877 and the building at 53 Main Street, was completed in 1879. The final cost of the building, furnishings, books and investments in a permanent fund was probably over $80,000." (Source: Jeffrey Karl Ochsner. H.H. Richardson, Complete Architectural Works. p183)
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.