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MAY
21
1910 Library, Windsor, Vermont
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MAY
21
[LIB11041] Windsor Vermont 1886 Antique Panoramic Map Print by terraprints_classic Browse additional posters and prints from zazzle.com.
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JUN
03
Library, Windsor, Connecticut
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JUN
03
[LIB9389] An undated vintage postcard published by Elm City Pub. Co., New Haven, Connecticut
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MAR
06
Windsor Library, Windsor, Vermont
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MAR
06
[LIB7712] The Georgian Revival structure, as designed, was opened to the public on June 4, 1904. The library building, on State Street in Windsor is one story, 60 by 28 feet, with an annex, 26 by 16 feet in the rear. The roof is the “finest Maine slate”; the foundation, Ascutney granite; the exterior walls are red brick and the base, cornices and all exterior trimmings, with quoins and dentils, are of Fitchburg granite. Two sets of elongated windows are on each side of the entrance in front, a portico with Doric columns, of the same granite. In the vestibule entrance, on the left, is a bronze relief of Mr. Blood, and a plaque bearing his birth date and place together with the following inscription: This building was erected by Benjamin F. Blood, of Waltham, Massachusetts, A.D. 1903, and by him presented to the people of Windsor to be forever used as a public library. A former citizen of Windsor, by industry and ability, he accumulated a fortune, and this he dedicate
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