Thomas Crane Public Library | |
.JPG) The original building (1882), front view, architect H. H. Richardson | |
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| Location | Quincy, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°15′6″N 71°0′4″W / 42.25167°N 71.00111°W |
| Built | 1881 |
| Architect | Henry Hobson Richardson |
| Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000143[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 18, 1972 |
| Designated NHL | December 23, 1987 |
Wollaston Branch, Thomas Crane Public Library | |
 The Wollaston Branch | |
| Location | 41 Beale St., Quincy, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°16′0.44″N 71°1′4.48″W / 42.2667889°N 71.0179111°W |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1922 |
| Architect | William Chapman |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | Quincy MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001316[2] |
| Added to NRHP | September 20, 1989 |
The Thomas Crane Public Library (TCPL) is a city library in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is noted for its architecture. It was funded by the Crane family as a memorial to Thomas Crane, a wealthy stone contractor who got his start in the Quincy quarries.[3] The Thomas Crane Library has the second largest municipal collection in Massachusetts after the Boston Public Library.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Paula D. Watson. Carnegie Ladies, Lady Carnegies: Women and the Building of Libraries. Libraries & Culture, Vol. 31, No. 1, Reading & Libraries I (Winter, 1996)