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West Somerville Branch Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
West Somerville Branch Library is located in Massachusetts
West Somerville Branch Library
West Somerville Branch Library is located in the United States
West Somerville Branch Library
Location40 College Ave., Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°23′53.0429″N 71°7′17.558″W / 42.398067472°N 71.12154389°W / 42.398067472; -71.12154389
Arealess than one acre
Built1909 (1909)
ArchitectMcLean & Wright
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSSomerville MPS
NRHP reference No.89001248 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1989

The West Somerville Branch Library is a historic library at 40 College Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts, just outside Davis Square. It is an example of Classical Revival architecture, built in 1909 with funding support from Andrew Carnegie, and was the city's first branch library.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Ghosts at the West Branch? | Somerville Public Library". Somerville Public Library. 2 August 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

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