The Plumb Memorial Library is a public library in

Shelton, Connecticut Shelton is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 40,869 at the 2020 United States Census. History Origins Shelton was settled by the English as part of the town of Stratford, Connecticut, in 1639. On May 15, ...

. It is located at 65 Wooster St., in an architecturally distinguished

Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque ...

building designed by

Bridgeport Bridgeport is the most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the fifth-most populous in New England. Located in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnoc ...

architect Charles T. Beardsley, Jr. and built in 1895. It was listed on the

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in 1978. The building is named in memory of David Wells Plumb, a local businessman and philanthropist, whose widow donated land for its construction. A modern addition was added in 1975, significantly enlarging the library's space and look. and

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Library buildings completed in 1895 National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut Libraries in Fairfield County, Connecticut Buildings and structures in Shelton, Connecticut {{Connecticut-NRHP-stub

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