Chelsea, Massachusetts, Fitz Library, c1905

 

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1912 Public Library, Chelsea, Massachusetts

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1908:  Andrew Carnegie gave $57,500 to the town to build the library.  This amount was added to $20,000 in insurance money received after the fire.  A new building was planned for the same site.

1910:  The new library was dedicated.

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1906 Town Hall and Library, Chelsea, Vermont

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1908 Ruins of the Chelsea Public Library, Great Fire, MA

Just north of Boston is Chelsea Massachusetts. A great conflagration took place there in April 1908. It was a spectacular fire that destroyed much of the city. The second Great Chelsea Fire occurred in 1973. [LIB2649] [SOURCE]