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and a polygonal bay projecting from the front right corner. The main entrance is to that projection's left, set in a rounded arch opening, above which is a gabled wall dormer. The exterior uses materials and coloring typical of the Richardsonian style, with pink-toned granite walls and red sandstone trim. The interior is organized with the large reading room to the right of the entrance, the main stacks to the left, and the former librarian's office, now a children's reading room, to the rear. Also at the rear is a small fireproof vault housing the town's archives.
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The Brown Memorial Library is located in the village center of Clinton, at the northeast corner of Railroad and Winn Streets. It is a single-story masonry structure, set on an elevated basement and covered by a hip roof. The building is basically rectangular, with a slight projection to the rear,
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The library was a gift to the town by William W. Brown, who provided the land, funds for construction, and a seed collection of books, as well as a small endowment for its maintenance. It was the town's first public library. The building was designed by noted
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architect John Calvin Stevens, and was completed in 1900. It is one of the state's purest expressions of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, as applied to library buildings.
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building at 53 Railroad Street in the town center. It was donated to the town by William W. Brown, in honor of his parents. The building was designed by architect
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Clinton, Maine
Official website
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Brown Memorial Library is located in Maine
Maine
Brown Memorial Library is located in the United States
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John Calvin Stevens
Romanesque
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Clinton, Maine
Richardsonian Romanesque
John Calvin Stevens
National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Kennebec County, Maine


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
History of Brown Memorial Library


"NRHP nomination for Brown Memorial Library"
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