Central Library | |
Location | 79 Highland Avenue, Somerville, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°23′9″N 71°5′40″W / 42.38583°N 71.09444°W |
Built | 1914 |
Architect | Edward Lippincott Tilton |
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
MPS | Somerville MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 89001274[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 18, 1989 |
The Central Library is the main branch of the Somerville, Massachusetts, public library system. It is an architecturally distinguished Renaissance Revival brick building designed by Edward Lippincott Tilton and was built in 1914 with funding assistance from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]