Acworth Silsby Library

Acworth Silsby Library
Location Intersection of Cold Pond and Lynn Hill Rds., Acworth, New Hampshire
Coordinates 43°13′6″N 72°17′33″W / 43.21833°N 72.29250°W / 43.21833; -72.29250Coordinates: 43°13′6″N 72°17′33″W / 43.21833°N 72.29250°W / 43.21833; -72.29250
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1891 (1891)
Architect Hira R. Beckwith
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP reference # 83004206[1]
Added to NRHP December 8, 1983

The Acworth Silsby Library is the public library of Acworth, New Hampshire. The library is located on the town common, at the junction of Cold Pond and Lynn Hill Roads, in a 1-1/2 story brick building built in 1891. The Romanesque structure was designed and built by Hira R. Beckwith of Claremont, and funded by a bequest from Acworth native Ithiel Homer Silsby, who had made his fortune as a Boston, Massachusetts hotelier.[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Acworth Silsby Library". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-06-06.


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