Fountain, Bancroft Memorial Library, 1904

Negative no.A317. November 22, 1904. Image depicts a marble fountain feature on the south side of the library that includes a Greek goddess (Sybil) standing above an elaborately carved fountain. On both sides, the piece extends with a curved wall and attached bench. Flanking each end is an urn on a pedestal with an eagle seated at its base. A set of four marble steps descends to the lawn below. Sibyl was sculpted in 1903 by Waldo Story. The Bancroft library was donated to the town in 1898 by Joseph Bancroft, a Draper Company executive, in memory of his wife, Sylvia. The building was designed by Boston architect C. Howard Walker. It is constructed of Milford granite, and was modeled after Merton College Chapel at Oxford. See Negative 316, in this box, for a virtually identical image. See Box 130, Negative 77 and Negative 78, and Box 23, Negative 352 for broader views of the library building. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 3, Folder 1, Item 317 for print of this negative.