Thomas Crane Public Library

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The Thomas Crane Public Library (TCPL) is a city library in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is noted for its architecture. It was funded by the Crane family as a memorial to Thomas Crane, a wealthy stone contractor who got his start in the Quincy quarries.Paula D. Watson. Carnegie Ladies, Lady Carnegies: Women and the Building of Libraries. Libraries & Culture, Vol. 31, No. 1, Reading & Libraries I (Winter, 1996) The Thomas Crane Library has the second largest municipal collection in Massachusetts after the Boston Public Library. Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1881

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