1087 Main St., Great Barrington, Massachusetts. County/parish: Berkshire.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 25, 2014. NRIS 14000440.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Ramsdell Public Library is one of two public library buildings of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. It is located at 1087 Main Street in the Housatonic village, in a two-story Beaux Arts building erected c. 1908. The building was a gift to the town by T. Ellis Ramsdell, fulfilling a bequest by his father Theodore, owner of the Monument Mills. It was designed by Boston architects McLean & Wright, with a sympathetic rear addition (added 1928–30) designed by the Pittsfield firm of Harding & Seaver. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
The other branch of the Great Barrington library system is at 231 Main Street.
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