{"nrhp_refnum":"12001168","name":"Bourne, Jonathan, Public Library","other_names":["Jonathan Bourne Historical Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"30 Keene St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bourne","county":"Barnstable County","state":"MA","lat":41.743340544000034,"lon":-70.59724832799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-01-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story Colonial Revival brick library building at 30 Keene Street in Bourne Village, Bourne, Massachusetts, built in 1896 to designs by Boston architect Henry Vaughan. It is now the Jonathan Bourne Historical Center.","why_significant":"The building is tied to the free public library movement in Massachusetts and to philanthropic sponsorship of libraries, since it was a gift from Emily Howard Bourne in memory of her father. It was the town's first public building other than a school and housed the town offices for a time. It is also a well-preserved local example of Colonial Revival architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1896 at 30 Keene Street in Bourne Village, this buff-brick Colonial Revival building was designed by Boston architect Henry Vaughan. Emily Howard Bourne paid for it as a memorial to her father, Jonathan Bourne, the town's namesake. It has a hipped roof, a pedimented entrance pavilion and an octagonal domed cupola. Palladian windows light the main rooms, and the west window holds stained glass by Clayton & Bell of England depicting Saint Michael. The interior keeps its original first-floor layout, including the reading room with its fireplace and a copper and bronze plaque. The library was the first public building in Bourne other than a school, and it also housed the town offices until 1914. A small office addition by local architect Lloyd M. Hendrick followed in 1954. Today it serves as the Jonathan Bourne Historical Center, with a museum, meeting space and archives offices. Its significance rests on its role in the free public library movement and on its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1896-1962","architect_builder":"Henry Vaughan; Lloyd M. Hendrick (1954 addition); Clayton & Bell (stained-glass windows)","architectural_style":"Late 19th- and 20th-century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now used as the Jonathan Bourne Historical Center, with a museum, meeting space and offices for the Bourne Archives and historical groups.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:10:51.591965-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/7940/63794051/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/12001168.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001168/3bc8bc7d25-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001168/3bc8bc7d25-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BourneMA_JonathanBourneResearchCenter.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BourneMA_JonathanBourneResearchCenter.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794051","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Bourne_Public_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16892922"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/barnstable-county/bourne-jonathan-public-library-12001168/"}