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Watertown, United States

Watertown Free Public Library

Watertown, United States

Watertown Free Public Library
Photo: Elizabeth B. Thomsen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Watertown Free Public Library, erected in 1884 in Watertown, Massachusetts, is a Renaissance Revival structure serving as the town's main public library. Built during a period of robust civic investment in public institutions, the building exemplifies the architectural tastes of the Gilded Age, employing the classical vocabulary of the Renaissance Revival style to project permanence and cultural importance.

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Type
public library, main library
Place
Watertown, United States

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