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The Ellsworth Public Library is the
public library A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants. There are ...
serving Ellsworth, Maine. It is located at 20 State Street in the city's central business district in a historically and architecturally significant Federal style house built in 1817, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.


History

The
Federal-style Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was heavily based on the works of Andrea Palladio with several inn ...
building was built in 1817 by Colonel Meltiah Jordan and is commonly known as the Tisdale House after Seth Tisdale, one of its owners. The house has been a public library since 1897 when George Nixon Black gave the remodeled building to the City of Ellsworth with the enduring condition "That the premises conveyed shall be always used for a public library." A three-story addition, designed by Bingham & Woodward and financed by a
municipal bond A municipal bond, commonly known as a muni, is a Bond (finance), bond issued by state or local governments, or entities they create such as authorities and special districts. In the United States, interest income received by holders of municipal ...
issued by the City of Ellsworth, was completed in 1991.


Architecture

The library is set facing roughly southeast on the west side of State Street (between it and the Union River), just south of the old
Hancock County Jail The former Hancock County Jail is located at 40 State Street in Ellsworth, the county seat of Hancock County, Maine. Built in 1885–86, it has a well-appointed living space for the jailer in the front, and a series of cells in the back. It was ...
(now a historical society museum), and across the street from Ellsworth City Hall. It is a two story wood frame structure, with a low hip roof topped by an octagonal cupola and ringed by a low balustrade. The walls are sheathed in clapboards. The front facade is five bays wide with a center entrance sheltered by a Greek Revival portico supported by four fluted Doric columns and topped by a low balustrade. The right side facade is dominated by a large Palladian window that fills the center bay. There are pilasters at the corners of the building. The house was built in 1817 by Colonel Meltiah Jordan for his son Benjamin. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as "Col. Meltiah Jordon icHouse") in 1974.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Hancock County, Maine __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hancock County, Maine. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, Maine, ...


References


External links

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Cityofellsworthme.org
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