Baker-Berry Library

"Baker Tower" redirects here. For the building in Baker City, Oregon, see Baker City Tower.
Baker-Berry Library
Fisher Ames Baker Memorial Library
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43°42′18″N 72°17′21″W / 43.70500°N 72.28917°W / 43.70500; -72.28917
Location25 North Main Street, Hanover, New Hampshire, US, 03755-3564
TypeAcademic library
Established1928
Other information
AffiliationDartmouth College
Websitewww.dartmouth.edu/~library/bakerberry/

The Baker-Berry Library is the main library at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The fresco, The Epic of American Civilization, was painted by José Clemente Orozco in the lower level of the library, and is a National Historic Landmark.[1] Baker's tower, designed after Independence Hall in Philadelphia, stands 200 feet above campus and is often used as an iconic representation of the college.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "AMERICA'S GREAT OUTDOORS: Secretary Salazar, Director Jarvis Designate 13 New National Historic Landmarks". US Department of the Interior. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
  2. ^ Bruce, John (2007-04-10). "The Dartmouth Conundrum". The Dartmouth Review. Archived from the original on 30 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-24. the Baker Library spire (Baker being the signature Dartmouth building)
  3. ^ "Baker Library Bell Tower". Dartmouth College Libraries. Archived from the original on 2007-03-21. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
  4. ^ Santos, Nicholas J (2004-09-17). "No Bridge Left Unburned: Rage at Dartmouth". The Dartmouth Free Press. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
  5. ^ "Dartmouth College's Berry/Baker Library" (PDF). The Observer. New Hampshire Society of Professional Engineers. February 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-09-16.