National Register of Historic Places

Ogunquit Memorial Library

Ogunquit, York County, Maine
Listed
December 29, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83003706

About this property

The Ogunquit Memorial Library is the public library of Ogunquit, Maine. It is located at 166 Shore Road, in an architecturally distinguished Romanesque Revival building built in 1897 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It was a gift to the town by Mrs. George Conarroe in honor of her husband. The Ogunquit Memorial Library is located on the west side of Shore Road in central Ogunquit, in an area with many seaside resort accommodations. It is a rectangular building, fashioned out randomly course fieldstone, with a hip roof and a projecting gabled entrance. At one corner of the entrance stands an engaged circular staircase tower with a conical roof above a molded cornice. Eyebrow dormers project from some of the roof elevations. The interior is well-preserved, its original features including a large fireplace that was at first its sole heat source. The library was built in 1897 to a design by Philadelphia architect John M. Burns, and is one of the finest examples of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in southern Maine. The building was enlarged in 1914 to a design by Henry A. Macomb, also of Philadelphia; the quality of design and execution make it virtually impossible to distinguish the addition from the original. The library was the gift of Philadelphia resident Mrs. George Conarroe in honor of her husband. National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine

Location

Ogunquit, York County, Maine
43.24521, -70.59724

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When was Ogunquit Memorial Library listed on the National Register?

Ogunquit Memorial Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 29, 1983.

What type of historic resource is Ogunquit Memorial Library?

Ogunquit Memorial Library is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Ogunquit Memorial Library is recorded as the industrial era.

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