Billings Memorial Library

Billings Memorial Library
Billings Memorial Library, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont(1883–85)
General information
Address	48 University Place, Burlington, VT
Town or city	Burlington
Country	Vermont
Coordinates	44°28′46″N 73°11′57″W / 44.479315°N 73.199099°W
Completed	1883
Owner	University of Vermont
Design and construction
Architect	Henry Hobson Richardson

Built in 1883 on the campus of the University of Vermont by American architect Henry Hobson Richardson, the Billings Memorial Library was designed to resemble the Winn Library in Woburn, MA. A new library, the Guy W. Bailey Library, was built for the University of Vermont in 1961 due to lack of space at Billings Library.^[1] The Billings Library was then converted to a student center in 1963.^[2] After the building was determined have been outgrown for student center purposes, the Dudley H. Davis Center was built and completed in 2007 to serve as the universities new student center.^[3] Currently, the building still houses the Cook Commons dining hall.^[4]

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  Interior of The Apse, c. 1895.

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  Book Room, c. 1895.

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  Exterior, 2006.

References

1. "Billings Student Center – History". uvm.edu. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
2. "Billings Library, University of Vermont by H. H. Richardson". bluffton.edu. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
3. http://www.uvm.edu/~davis/?Page=history.html&SM=historymenu.html
4. http://uds.uvm.edu/locations.html

External links

• University of Vermont's Billings Information