Crane, Thomas, Public Library

40 Washington St., Quincy, Massachusetts. County/parish: Norfolk.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 18, 1972. NRIS 72000143.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Crane Memorial Public Library

From Wikipedia:

Thomas Crane Public Library

The Thomas Crane Public Library (TCPL) is a city library in Quincy, Massachusetts. Noted for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, the building was funded by the Crane family as a memorial to Thomas Crane, a wealthy stone contractor who got his start in the Quincy quarries. The Thomas Crane Library has the second largest municipal collection in Massachusetts after the Boston Public Library.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796216

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