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projecting entry section with a gabled roof, with the entrance deeply recessed under a large rounded arch. The projecting section is flanked by paired round-arch windows, with granite sills and with arches of alternating soldier bricks in buff and red. Similar windows are found on the building sides, and on the rear extensions. Above the main entrance is a band of four sash windows, topped by transom windows that are shaped to form a broad segmental arch.
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received a bequest in 1889 from Ezra Conant, a Winchester native who had made his fortune in the leather business, for $ 50,000 to cover the cost of a new library building. The terms of the bequest required the construction of a building separate from the town hall, whose construction had been planned to include a library space. The building was largely completed in 1891, but did not formally open until April 1892.
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Winchester's early library was a private circulating collection called the Washington Library Association, which donated its collection to the town in 1876. This collection was first housed in a commercial building on Main Street, which was soon deemed to be inadequate for the purpose. The town
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The Conant Public Library stands in the town center of Winchester, just south of town hall on the east side of Main Street. It is a 2-1/2 story masonry structure, built out of red brick with trim of granite and buff brick, and covered by a gable-on-hip roof. The main facade has a centered
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architect, J. M. Currier, is based on his design of the 1886 library building in
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
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National Register of Historic Places in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
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Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
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List of National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire
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Conant Public Library is located in New Hampshire
Conant Public Library is located in the United States
Winchester, New Hampshire
42°46′19″N 72°23′3″W / 42.77194°N 72.38417°W / 42.77194; -72.38417
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Winchester, New Hampshire
Springfield, Massachusetts
Brattleboro, Vermont
Cheshire County
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places listings in Cheshire County, New Hampshire


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