Topsfield Library – Topsfield MA

City:
Topsfield, MA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Libraries

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Description

"The town of Topsfield received a bequest for the purpose of building a public library. The P.W.A. aided in the enterprise with a loan and grant totaling $15,300 which represented about 40 percent of the project cost.

The building as constructed is T-shaped in plan and can accommodate the 17,000 volumes already owned with space for expansion. There are adult and children's reading rooms, delivery room, a librarian's office, and 2 stack rooms.

The construction is semifireproof. The foundation walls are concrete, the walls above grade are brick with some cast stone and some wood trim, and the roof is slate. It was completed in February 1935 at a construction cost of $36,593 and a project cost of $38,533."

Source notes

C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown. "Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration." (1939).

Location Info


1 S. Common St.
Topsfield, MA 01983

Location notes:

Coordinates: 42.640901, -70.94959

Site Details

Total Cost
$38,533.00

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