Madison CT, Scranton Library, 1959

 

In 1900, the Scranton Library was constructed, designed by architect Henry Bacon, who later gained fame for designing the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The original building was completed at a cost of $30,000 and housed a collection of 1,000 volumes upon its opening on July 21, 1900.

1954 E.C. Scranton Library, Madison, Connecticut

[LIB5225] The inadequacies of this situation were resolved in 1900 when Miss Mary Eliza Scranton offered the Association the use of a new, completely furnished, library building which she had had built on the corner of Wall Street adjoining her family's old home. The offer was accepted, books moved in, and in 1901 the Association dissolved and the E. C. Scranton Memorial Library was incorporated.

The building was designed by Henry Bacon, an eminent New York architect who later designed the Lincoln Memorial. A New York firm of "contracting designers" were in complete charge of the architecture, construction, decorations and furnishings, the total cost of which was about $30,000. [Read more at the Website]