Item 77: Bancroft Memorial Library

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B77. 1898- 1900. Image depicts a stone building with an arched doorway and windows. Viewed from this angle, the library appears to have two floors, with the lower floor partially underground. This is a different view than that seen in Box 3, Folder 2, Item 352, which shows the fountain at the far left (not seen here). 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. See Item 78, in this folder, and Box 3, Folder 1, Item 317, and Box 3, Folder 2, Item 342, and Item 352 for other views of the library and fountain. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25.25 x 20.5 cm.