Waban Library Center

Newton, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Waban Library Center stands at 1608 Beacon Street in Newton, Massachusetts, a modest 1½-story Tudor Revival brick building designed by the firm Densmore, LeClear & Robbins and completed in 1929. The structure features a gabled slate roof with raised end walls and a cross-gabled entry projecting from the center of its front facade. Originally established in 1930 as one of sixteen village libraries within Newton, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. After the opening of the Newton Free Library in 1991, the city closed most village branches. Facing closure in 2007, the Waban Improvement Society negotiated a lease with the city to manage the building independently. The library reopened in September 2009 as a volunteer-run community facility, continuing its role as a village reading room and cultural center for the Waban neighborhood.