Melrose Public Library

The Melrose Public Library is a historic library at 69 W. Emerson Street in Melrose, Massachusetts. The original T-shaped building was built in 1904, and is a two-story Colonial Revival structure faced in brick with limestone trim. It was built with funds contributed by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to a design by Lynn architect Penn Varney, and features stained glass windows by Wilbur H. Burnham. A modern single story addition was added in 1963 to the rear and left side of the building.^[2]

Melrose Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Melrose, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°27′33″N 71°4′2″W
Built	1904
Built by	George M. Tufts
Architect	Penn Varney
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	88000909[1]
Added to NRHP	June 23, 1988

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

The Library is a member of the North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE) consortium.^[3]

Resource collections

• General (fiction, nonfiction, reference materials, serials, etc.)
• Children's library
• Teen Zone
• Digital library
• Seed library

Other services

• Computer stations
• Wi-fi
• Printing
• Museum passes
• Room reservations for non-profit, educational, civic, or cultural groups

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts