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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
M.C. Foster and Sons Architect
1907/05/09 Albert R Ross Architect Built with $7,500 from the Carnegie Corporation on land donated by Judge Harry Higbee and his mother, Mrs Julia Higbee, wife of Judge Chauncey Higbee, the Pittsfield Public Library opens to the public.
1907/05/09 Carnegie Corporation Benefactor Built with $7,500 from the Carnegie Corporation on land donated by Judge Harry Higbee and his mother, Mrs Julia Higbee, wife of Judge Chauncey Higbee, the Pittsfield Public Library opens to the public.
1937/00/00 Fred Bennett Jones, a wealthy Chicago businessman bequeaths 5,000 volumes and $25,000 for an annex. Frank Hatch Jones, Fred's brother, was married to Nellie Grant Sartoris, US Grant's daughter.

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Particulars for Pittsfield Public Library:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Architectural Style Beaux Arts
Sight Category Building
Education Library



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 83000471
Resource Type:
Owner: Local
Architect: Ross,Albert Randolph; M.C. Foster and Sons
Architectural Style: Beaux arts
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1903
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: Library
Current Function: Education
Current Sub-Function: Library

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