The Plummer Memorial Library is a historic library at 375 Auburn Street in
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located roughly west of Downtown Boston, and comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages. The city borders Boston to the northeast and southeast (via the neighborhoods of ...
. Once operated as a branch of the
Newton Free Library, the city's public library system, it was closed in 2009 due to financial cuts. It is now operated as a community library by a local non-profit organization.
The building is a -story Tudor style brick building, built in 1927 with funding by subscription from Newton residents.
The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1990.
See also
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Newton Centre Branch Library
The Newton Centre Branch Library is a historic library building at 1294 Centre Street in Newton, Massachusetts. The building now houses municipal offices. (A new library building opened near city hall in 1991.) The -story brick building was d ...
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Waban Branch Library
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References
External links
Library web site
Library buildings completed in 1927
National Register of Historic Places in Newton, Massachusetts
Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Libraries in Newton, Massachusetts
Libraries in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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