The Cambridge Public Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a public library that consists of a unified city-wide system maintaining: a main branch, of notable aesthetic architectural value, plus a f
1888 building
Main branch addition
Collins Branch, Cambridge Public Library Cambridge, MA
Frederick Hastings Rindge was an American business magnate, patriarch of the Rindge family, real estate developer, philanthropist, and writer, of Los Angeles, California. He was a major benefactor to
Cambridge Public Library
…and Temple Street. In 1874, the library became free to the public and was renamed the Cambridge Public Library. Through the philanthropic endeavors of Frederick H. Rindge (and the Rindge Family), the main branch of the Cambridge Public Library was subsequently moved to the Mid-Cambridge neighborhood where it was built…