28 Pearl St., Gardner, Massachusetts. County/parish: Worcester.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 06, 1979. NRIS 79000374.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Levi Heywood Memorial Library Building is an historic library building at 28 Pearl Street in Gardner, Massachusetts. Completed in 1886, it is one of the city's most architecturally distinguished buildings, and a good example of Richardsonian Romanesque design. It was given in honor of Levi Heywood, a prominent figure in the city's economically important chair manufacturing industry. It was used as a library until 1978, and now houses a museum dedicated to the city's history. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and included in the Gardner Uptown Historic District in 1999.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797398