MDCCCCCIII [1903] - Bolton Public Library - Bolton, MA
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N 42° 26.081 W 071° 36.695
19T E 285186 N 4701344
The date is carved in wood over the old entrance to the Bolton Public Library.
Waymark Code: WMPE0Y
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/15/2015
Views: 2
In Bolton, along Route Mass. Route 117, is the Bolton Public Library, which has the date the building was built carved in the woodwork above the old entrance to the building.
The building is on the south side of Mass. Route 117, west of the Bolton Town Hall.
The building has both an old and new component. The old component is in the front, visible from the road. The current entrance is now from the west side, off the extension of the parking lot there. The old entrance is in the center of the north side facing the road. This part of the building is mostly stone with an English Tudor style decoration. The entrance has a small porch with a roof covering it. Within the peak of the roof, is the year, in Roman Numerals, "MDCCCCIII" [1903], below "Bolton Public Library." Above this, is a carved seal of the town of Bolton.
On either side of the door are two embedded metal plaques.
One of the plaques has the following text:
"To
CAPT. JOSEPH WHITNEY
--
This building is dedicated for a memorial by a gift from his daughter
Anna E. Whitney
Emma Whitney
--
ANNO DOMINI
MDCCCCIII"
The other plaque has the following text:
"BOLTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Founded 1859
--
Committee on Erection of Building
[ Names ]"
Year of construction: 1903
Full inscription:
Bolton Public Library
MDCCCCIII
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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