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Frances Perkins Branch Library

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Greendale Branch Library
Frances Perkins Branch Library is located in Massachusetts
Frances Perkins Branch Library
Location470 W. Boylston St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Built1913
ArchitectLucius W. Briggs Co.
Architectural styleNo Style Listed
MPSWorcester MRA
NRHP reference No.80000511 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 05, 1980

The Greendale Branch Library is an historic library at 470 W. Boylston Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is now known as the Frances Perkins Branch of the Worcester Public Libraries. The single story brick building was designed by the Lucius W. Briggs Co. and built in 1913. It was funded in part by a grant from steel baron and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Greendale Branch Library". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-16.