Sayles, Deborah Cook, Public Library - Pawtucket, Rhode Island - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

From historical marker:

Deborah Cook Sayles Building
1899-1902

The Deborah Cook Sayles Public Library is an impressive example of Classical Revival architecture, designed by the Boston firm of Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson. Built of the finest grain white granite, the library features its soaring pillars, decorative ceilings, and glass-floored north balcony.  The facility was one of the first in the country to provide open access to the stacks, and to open on Sundays, affording mill workers the opportunity to use the library on their one day off.  Minerva Sanders, the first librarian, is credited with making the library one of the first in the nation to serve children under the age of fourteen.  The old Post Office (1896-97) was connected to Sayles Library in 1981 to form the combined structures now known as the Pawtucket Public Library.

The building is in very good condition and appears to be a very active library.

Street address: 13 Summer St. Pawtucket, Rhode Island County / Borough / Parish: Providence Year listed: 1975 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Periods of significance: 1875-1899 Historic function: Education Current function: Education Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   03/23/2013 Roscoe45 visited it