Converse Memorial Library
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The Converse Memorial Library is a historically significant building located in Malden, Massachusetts, and designed by noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. From 1885 to 1996, it housed th
Converse Memorial Building
General view from street
End view
Facade decorations
Henry Hobson Richardson
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Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA was an American architect, best known for his work in a style derived from Romanesque Revival that became known as Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and
Converse Memorial Library
…known as Converse Memorial Building) is a historically significant building located in Malden, Massachusetts, and designed by noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. From 1885 to 1996, it housed the Malden Public Library, which now has moved most of its operations to a modern building adjacent to it. The older…
Detail from portrait by Hubert von Herkomer, 1886
Trinity Church, Boston (1872), is Richardson's most acclaimed early work
The Thomas Crane Public Library (Quincy, Massachusetts), with Japanese inspired eyelid dormers in the roof on each side of the entrance
The Old Colony station in North Easton, Massachusetts, illustrates Richardson's use of Japanese architectural concepts