View of Bancroft Memorial Library, 1903

Negative no.B154. Image depicts a single-story stone building with an arched doorway and windows. The 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. The marble sculptures and fountain seen in Box 23, Negative 352 have apparently not yet been added. See Box 21, Negative 317 for a view of the fountain; see Box 130, Negative 77 and Negative 78, and Box 23, Negative 342, and Negative 352 for other views of the library. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 8 x 10 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 12, Folder 4, Item 154 for print of this negative.