
Springfield City Library, Forest Park Branch - Springfield, MA
Posted by:
neoc1
N 42° 05.221 W 072° 33.820
18T E 701502 N 4662310
The Beaux Arts style Springfield City Library, Forest Park Branch is located at 380 Belmont Ave, Springfield, MA
Waymark Code: WM1666K
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2022
Views: 0
The Springfield Public Library, Forest Park Branch is one of four Carnegie libraries in Springfield. MA. The library was designed in the Beaux Arts style by the architectural firm of Guy Kirkham and Edwin Parlett and constructed between 1908-1909 by the W.R. Cook Granite Co. It was funded by a total of $260,000 in grants that Andrew Carnegie gave to Springfield to build a central library and three branches - the Forest Park Branch, Memorial Square Branch and the Indian Orchard Branch Libraries.
New England Carnegie Libraries: (
visit link)
City Library Forest Park Branch:
(
visit link)