Greenleaf, Abbie, Library - Franconia. NH
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N 44° 13.602 W 071° 44.711
19T E 280744 N 4900717
Col. Charles H. Greenleaf presented the library to the town in 1912 and named it in honor of his wife Abbie. The building is of Jacobethan/Collegiate Gothic design Richardsonian Romanesque features. Details include an oak door with bulls-eye glass.
Waymark Code: WM1GH1
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 05/05/2007
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Charles H. Greenleaf presented the library to the town in 1912 and named it in honor of his wife Abbie. Colonel Greenleaf owned the Profile House, a grand hotel in Franconia Notch. The Greenleaf Trail and hut on Mount Lafayette are named after him.
The library is of Jacobethan/Collegiate Gothic design with Richardsonian Romanesque features. Details include an oak door with bulls-eye glass, mosaic floors, mahogany woodwork, and stained glass.
The building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in July, 2003.
The collection consists of 23,000 titles including books, periodicals, cassettes, videos, puzzles, and CDs. The Franconia and New Hampshire collections contain books on the description, history, and literature of the area.
The magazine collection consists of 46 titles. The following newspapers are also available: 2 daily papers (Caledonian Record, Wall Street Journal), 2 Sunday papers (Boston Globe, New York Times), and the weekly Littleton Courier.