Steep Falls Library | |
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Location | 1128 Pequawket Trail, Steep Falls, Maine |
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Coordinates | 43°47′32″N 70°39′3″W / 43.79222°N 70.65083°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1917 |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | Maine Public Libraries MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 03001406 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 15, 2004 |
The Steep Falls Library, also known historically as the Pierce Memorial Library, is a public library in the Steep Falls village in the town of Standish, Maine, USA. Built in 1917 and enlarged in 1924, it was a gift to the community of Henry Pierce, a Standish native who made a business fortune in California. The building, a handsome Colonial Revival structure designed by Edward F. Fassett, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1]
The Steep Falls Library stands on the southwest side of Pequawket Trail ( Maine State Route 113), south east of its junction with Main Street ( Maine State Route 11), at the back of a semicircular drive. It is a single-story brick building, with a hip roof. A pair of gabled entrances project from the front, the right one a gabled porch supported by granite Doric columns, while that on the left is an enclosed vestibule with a simpler entrance. The right entrance is set in a round-arch opening, with a band of windows around the arched door. Between the projecting entrances is a shed-roof projection with three groups of windows, each in narrow-wide-narrow form. Outside the entrances are Palladian windows. The building corners feature brick quoining. The interior of the building retains original Colonial Revival woodwork and decorative elements. [2]
The right half of the library was designed by Edward F. Fassett and was completed in 1917; Fassett died in 1922, and it may have been his last commission. Henry Pierce, who funded its construction, was a Steep Falls native who made a fortune as a businessman selling supplies during the California Gold Rush. The left half of the library, housing the children's room, was added in 1924; it was designed by John Calvin Stevens and his son John Howard Stevens. [2]
Standish's other public library is located in the village of Richville.
Steep Falls Library | |
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Location | 1128 Pequawket Trail, Steep Falls, Maine |
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Coordinates | 43°47′32″N 70°39′3″W / 43.79222°N 70.65083°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1917 |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | Maine Public Libraries MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 03001406 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 15, 2004 |
The Steep Falls Library, also known historically as the Pierce Memorial Library, is a public library in the Steep Falls village in the town of Standish, Maine, USA. Built in 1917 and enlarged in 1924, it was a gift to the community of Henry Pierce, a Standish native who made a business fortune in California. The building, a handsome Colonial Revival structure designed by Edward F. Fassett, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1]
The Steep Falls Library stands on the southwest side of Pequawket Trail ( Maine State Route 113), south east of its junction with Main Street ( Maine State Route 11), at the back of a semicircular drive. It is a single-story brick building, with a hip roof. A pair of gabled entrances project from the front, the right one a gabled porch supported by granite Doric columns, while that on the left is an enclosed vestibule with a simpler entrance. The right entrance is set in a round-arch opening, with a band of windows around the arched door. Between the projecting entrances is a shed-roof projection with three groups of windows, each in narrow-wide-narrow form. Outside the entrances are Palladian windows. The building corners feature brick quoining. The interior of the building retains original Colonial Revival woodwork and decorative elements. [2]
The right half of the library was designed by Edward F. Fassett and was completed in 1917; Fassett died in 1922, and it may have been his last commission. Henry Pierce, who funded its construction, was a Steep Falls native who made a fortune as a businessman selling supplies during the California Gold Rush. The left half of the library, housing the children's room, was added in 1924; it was designed by John Calvin Stevens and his son John Howard Stevens. [2]
Standish's other public library is located in the village of Richville.