West End Library

West End Library
Location 15 School St., Farmington, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°45′31″N 72°53′15″W / 41.75861°N 72.88750°W / 41.75861; -72.88750Coordinates: 41°45′31″N 72°53′15″W / 41.75861°N 72.88750°W / 41.75861; -72.88750
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built 1917 (1917)
Architectural style Renaissance
NRHP Reference # 00000369[1]
Added to NRHP April 25, 2000

The West End Library, now the Unionville Museum, is a historic library and museum building at 15 School Street in the Unionville village of Farmington, Connecticut. It is a single-story building, with load-bearing brick walls finished in stucco, and a red tile roof. Its main facade is seven bays wide, with a projecting gable-roofed entry portico in the center bay. The other bays have tall round-arch windows, with small rectangular transom-like windows set above, just below the roofline, with diamond grillwork.[2]

The Renaissance style building was designed by New York City architect Edward Tilton, and completed in 1917 with funding from Andrew Carnegie.[3] In the 1960s library services moved from the building and in 1984 the building opened as a museum.[3] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for West End Library" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
  3. 1 2 http://www.necarnegies.com/ctunionville.htm

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