{"nrhp_refnum":"80000494","name":"Quinsigamond Branch Library","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"812 Millbury St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.23216481600008,"lon":-71.88094012299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick branch library with limestone trim at 812 Millbury Street in Quinsigamond Village, Worcester, Massachusetts, built in 1913 to designs by Fuller & Delano Co.","why_significant":"It is one of three branch libraries built in Worcester with a $75,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie in 1912. It was built on land donated by the American Steel and Wire Company, which had driven much of the village's development. It also anchors a cluster of public buildings that give the village a small-town center appearance.","narrative":"Quinsigamond Branch Library, at 812 Millbury Street in Worcester, is a one-story brick building with dressed limestone trim, completed in 1913 in the Beaux Arts Classical style by Fuller & Delano Co. Its symmetrical facade is dominated by a projecting central pavilion with an Ionic entry, flanked by tri-partite windows in stone surrounds. A flat roof is hidden behind a brick parapet with limestone coping. The library was one of three Worcester branches funded by a $75,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie in 1912, built as the city grew away from downtown and the main library on Elm Street was hard to reach. The American Steel and Wire Company, which had shaped much of Quinsigamond Village, donated the land. Standing at the village center alongside other public buildings, it helps give the area the look of a small town center. It remains in its original condition and is still used as a branch library owned by the city.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Fuller & Delano Co.","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts Classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Stated to be in original condition and still used as a branch library; the form marks it as not altered or moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.368303-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/7929/63792903/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000494.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000494/c9e67dba78-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000494/c9e67dba78-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quinsigamond_Branch_Library.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pvmoutside</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quinsigamond_Branch_Library.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792903","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinsigamond_Branch_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7272347"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/quinsigamond-branch-library-80000494/"}