File:The Fobes Memorial Library, Oakham, Massachusetts, with the addresses at the laying of the corner-stone and at the dedication; (1909) (14767957132).jpg

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Title: The Fobes Memorial Library, Oakham, Massachusetts, with the addresses at the laying of the corner-stone and at the dedication;
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Fobes Memorial Library, Oakham, Mass Wright, Henry Parks, 1839-1918
Subjects: Libraries -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Publisher: Oakham, Mass.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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DELIVERY ROOM AND READING ROOM 87 DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING The material of the building is field-stone taken from thefarms of Oakham. The doorsills are of granite; the win-dow sills, door jambs and lintel, chimney caps and finials,and the inscribed tablet over the entrance are of Indianalimestone. The lintel is a segment arch. The roof iscovered with red slate, trimmed with copper ridge. Thesteps and platform are of concrete. All the rooms of thebuilding are finished in kiln-dried quartered oak. The building faces north. The front extends fifty-sevenfeet from east to west; the depth from the iron gate infront to the rear of the stack-room is forty-eight feet. Inthe vestibule, on the west side, is placed the memorialtablet. The door from the vestibule opens into a deliveryroom, the floor of which is of marble mosaic, with theLibrary monogram in the center. At the south end of thisroom is the librarians counter for the distribution of books.Beyond this is the stack-room, and on the e

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