Item 78: Entrance, Bancroft Memorial Library

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B78. 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. The fountain seen in Box 3, Folder 2, Item 352 is not visible here and may not have yet been installed. 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. Trees are bare; photo taken in early spring or late fall. See Item 77, 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.