Billings Memorial Library is an
academic library
An academic library is a library that is attached to a higher education institution, which supports the curriculum and the research of the university faculty and students. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, there are an es ...
of the
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, commonly referred to as the University of Vermont (UVM), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Foun ...
, located in
Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, officially the City of Burlington, is the List of municipalities in Vermont, most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the county seat, seat of Chittenden County, Vermont, Chittenden County. It is located south of the Can ...
. Built in 1883, it was designed by American architect
Henry Hobson Richardson
Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA (September 29, 1838 – April 27, 1886) was an American architect, best known for his work in a style that became known as Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one ...
to resemble the Winn Library in
Woburn, Massachusetts
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.
History
The library was donated to the
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, commonly referred to as the University of Vermont (UVM), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Foun ...
by
Frederick H. Billings, of
Woodstock
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. It has been a central part of campus life since opening in 1885,
and despite the University's growth over the intervening century, it has remained architecturally similar to its original appearance.
A new library, the Guy W. Bailey Library (now known as the Howe Library), was built by the university in 1961 due to a lack of space at Billings Library.
The Billings Library was then converted to a student center in 1963. After the building was determined to have been outgrown for student center purposes, the
Dudley H. Davis Center was built and completed in 2007 to be the university's new student center.
Thanks to an $11.4 million renovation completed in the summer of 2018, UVM's most architecturally significant building once again houses academic departments, including Special Collections, the Miller Center for Holocaust Studies, the Humanities Center, and the Center for Research on Vermont.
Gallery
File:UVM Billings Library Main Entrance.jpg, Main Entrance
File:Billings Library UVM 5.JPG, Modern Exterior c. 2015
File:UVM_BillingsLibrary_20150706.jpg, Exterior c. 2015
File:Billings Library ca1895 Univ of Vermont 2.jpg, Interior of The Apse, c. 1895
File:Billings Library ca1895 Univ of Vermont.jpg, Book Room, c. 1895
File:BillingsLibrary.jpg, Exterior, 2006
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Frederick H. Billings
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University of Vermont
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, commonly referred to as the University of Vermont (UVM), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Foun ...
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Woodstock, Vermont
Woodstock is the shire town (county seat) of Windsor County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 3,005. It includes the villages of Woodstock, South Woodstock, Taftsville, and West Woodstock.
History
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References
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Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Vermont
Henry Hobson Richardson buildings
University of Vermont buildings and structures
Library buildings completed in 1883
Libraries in Vermont
1883 establishments in Vermont
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