Somerville Public Library, West Branch
Somerville, Massachusetts   

Designed by McLean & Wright

Carnegie Classical Revival Style

40 College Avenue, Somerville MA  02144

Library web site:  http://www.somervillepubliclibrary.org/westbranch.html

A Brief History of the Building

1907:  Andrew Carnegie gave $123,000 to Somerville to build a central library and two branch libraries.

1909:  The new West Branch library opened on May 27.

This library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989.

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                                      Information was supplied by the Somerville Public Library.         

              

                       

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This information has been compiled and posted by Corinne H. Smith.
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