Williston Memorial Library
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts
Designed by George F. Newton Gothic Revival Style Mount Holyoke College, 50 College Street, South Hadley MA 01075 Library web site: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/lits/ |
A Brief History of the Building 1903: Andrew Carnegie gave $50,000 to the college to build the library. 1905: The library was built with an interior to resemble Westminster Hall in England. 1917: The facility was named for Asahel Lyman Williston (1834- ?), a Northampton businessman who was a long-time trustee and treasurer of the college. 1935: An addition was built. 1968: An addition was built. 1990-1992: A 30,000-foot wing was added to the building. The atrium was modeled after the Medici Library in Florence, Italy. 2003: The information commons was added. |
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