Soldiers' Memorial Library is a historic library building at the junction of Park Row and Union Street in

Mansfield, Massachusetts Mansfield is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the United States 2020 Census, the town population is 23,860. Mansfield is in the south-southwest suburbs of Boston and is also close to Providence, Rhode Island. The vill ...

. The -story Gothic Revival structure was designed by the noted firm of

Peabody and Stearns Peabody & Stearns was a premier architectural firm in the Eastern United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the firm consisted of Robert Swain Peabody (1845–1917) and John Goddard Stearns J ...

, and built in 1899–1901. The building and land were primarily a gift from Elizabeth F. Noble. It was designed to house the public library on the ground floor, and provide a memorial to the town's

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soldiers on the upper floor. The building was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1995. In 2013 the building was housing school administrative offices.

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Library buildings completed in 1901 Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Shingle Style architecture in Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Bristol County, Massachusetts Mansfield, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Bristol County, Massachusetts Peabody and Stearns buildings {{BristolCountyMA-NRHP-stub

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