Williston Memorial Library
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts
Designed by George F. Newton Gothic Revival Style Mount Holyoke College, 50 College Street, South
Hadley MA 01075 Library web site:
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/lits/ A Brief History of the Building 1903: Andrew
Carnegie gave $50,000 to the college to build
the library. 1905: The library was built with an interior to
resemble Westminster Hall in England. 1917: The facility was named for Asahel
Lyman Williston (1834- ?), a Northampton businessman who was a long-time
trustee and treasurer of the college. 1935: An addition was built. 1968: An addition was built. 1990-1992: A 30,000-foot wing was added
to the building. The atrium was modeled after the Medici Library
in Florence, Italy. 2003: The information commons was added. 
