Victory Park Historic District
- Address: 405 Pine, 148 Concord, 111 and 129 Amherst Sts
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1912/00/00 | Frank Pierce Carpenter | Benefactor | Frank Carpenter donates funds for the Memorial Library Building, the largest of its kind in the state, in memory of his wife Elenora Blood Carpenter who died in 1910. | |||
1914/00/00 | Edward Lippincott Tilton | Architect | Carpenter Memorial Library is built from 1912 to 1914 at cost of $355,000. Oak tables and the desk in the Rotunda are original. The children's room, originally on the south side of the main floor, was one of the first of its kind in a public library. | |||
1914/00/00 | Edgar Allen Poe Newcombe | Architect | Carpenter Memorial Library is built from 1912 to 1914 at cost of $355,000. Oak tables and the desk in the Rotunda are original. The children's room, originally on the south side of the main floor, was one of the first of its kind in a public library. | |||
1916/00/00 | Emma Blood French | Benefactor | The Manchester Institute of Arts and Science building, designed by Boston architect William Rantoul, is built at 148 Concord St as a gift of Emma Blood French, Frank Carpenter's sister-in-law. | |||
1916/00/00 | William George Rantoul | Architect | The Manchester Institute of Arts and Science building, designed by Boston architect William Rantoul, is built at 148 Concord St as a gift of Emma Blood French, Frank Carpenter's sister-in-law. | |||
1929/00/00 | Lucien Gosselin | Sculptor | The Winged Victory Monument, designed by Lucien Hippolyte Gosselin, is erected. | |||
1932/00/00 | Edward Lippincott Tilton | Architect | US Post Office is built at 111 Amherst Street. To the south of the park, at 129 Amherst Street, is the Classical Revival Manchester Historical Association building, also designed by Edward Tilton. |
Particulars for Victory Park Historic District: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Historic District |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Historic Use | Library |
Museum Type | Museum |
Architectural Style | Neoclassical |
Historic Use | Outdoor recreation |
Historic Use | Park |
Criteria | Person |
Historic Use | Post Office |
Owner | Private |
Area of Significance | Social History |
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