Chase Library
Chase Library is the public library of West Harwich, Massachusetts. It is located in a small architecturally distinguished Colonial Revival building constructed in 1911. Efforts to build a library in West Harwich began in 1901, and reached fruition in 1906, with the gift of the home of Caleb Chase, a Harwich native who was son of a major local shipowner and shipbuilder and a successful businessman in his own right. The house, however, was not suitable for housing a library, so Dr. John Nickerson donated a corner of his large property that was near Chase's house for the purpose, and the present building, a small three-bay wood frame hip-roof building was constructed there. The library building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
Chase Library | |
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| Location | 7 Main St., Harwich, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°40′08″N 70°7′17″W / 41.66889°N 70.12139°W |
| Built | 1911 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 14001094[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 29, 2014 |
Chase Library is the public library of West Harwich, Massachusetts. It is located in a small architecturally distinguished Colonial Revival building constructed in 1911. Efforts to build a library in West Harwich began in 1901, and reached fruition in 1906, with the gift of the home of Caleb Chase, a Harwich native who was son of a major local shipowner and shipbuilder and a successful businessman in his own right. The house, however, was not suitable for housing a library, so Dr. John Nickerson donated a corner of his large property that was near Chase's house for the purpose, and the present building, a small three-bay wood frame hip-roof building was constructed there.[2]
The library building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Chase Library". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
