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{{Infobox NRHP<br />
| name = Bancroft Memorial Library<br />
| nrhp_type =<br />
| image = Bancroft Memorial Library.jpg<br />
| caption =<br />
| location = 50 Hopedale St., [[Hopedale, Massachusetts]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|42|7|49|N|71|32|30|W|display=inline,title}}<br />
| locmapin = Massachusetts#USA<br />
| area = less than one acre<br />
| architect = C. Walker Howard<br />
| architecture = Romanesque<br />
| added = February 12, 1999<br />
| refnum = 99000188<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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'''Bancroft Memorial Library''' is the public library serving [[Hopedale, Massachusetts]]. It is located at 50 Hopedale Street in the town center, in a fine Romanesque building built in 1898-99 and listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris"/><br />
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==Architecture and history==<br />
The library is located on the west side of Hopedale Street, a short way north of the town common. It is a single-story stone structure, designed by [[Boston]] architect C. Howard Walker of the firm Walker & Kimball. It is constructed of pink [[Milford granite (Massachusetts)|Milford granite]], and was modeled after [[Merton College Chapel]] at Oxford. Its entrance is prominently located in a cross-gable projection, set in a round-arch opening flanked by smaller round-arch openings. The interior retains many fine original finishes, include oak ceiling trusses, an oaken circulation desk, and oak partitions in the reading areas that are typical of Gothic churches.<ref name=MACRIS>{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=hop.k|title=NRHP nomination for Bancroft Memorial Library|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br />
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The town of Hopedale's first proper library was established in 1840, and was located in a variety of places, including private residences, churches, and town hall, where it occupied the first floor in 1886.<ref name=MACRIS/> This building was built for the town by Joseph Bubier Bancroft, in memory of his wife Sylvia. Bancroft was an executive with the [[Draper Corporation|Draper Company]], the town's principal employer,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=W3MWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT47 Joseph B. Bancroft]</ref> and also represented the town as a selectman and in the state legislature. It was built adjacent to Bancroft's house (which still stands), and was donated to the town upon its completion in 1899.<ref name=MACRIS/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.hopedale-ma.gov/bancroft-memorial-library Bancroft Memorial Library - Town of Hopedale]<br />
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}<br />
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[[Category:Library buildings completed in 1898]]<br />
[[Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts]]<br />
[[Category:Public libraries in Massachusetts]]<br />
[[Category:Libraries in Worcester County, Massachusetts]]<br />
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