Cook Memorial Library (Tamworth, New Hampshire)

Cook Memorial Library
Location Main St., Tamworth, New Hampshire
Coordinates 43°51′34″N 71°15′57″W / 43.85944°N 71.26583°W / 43.85944; -71.26583Coordinates: 43°51′34″N 71°15′57″W / 43.85944°N 71.26583°W / 43.85944; -71.26583
Area less than one acre
Built 1895 (1895)
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 80000269[1]
Added to NRHP June 25, 1980

The Cook Memorial Library is the public library of Tamworth, New Hampshire. It is located at 93 Main Street in the center of the town, in an 1895 Queen Anne Victorian building which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2] The library's origins are in a private "social library" established in 1796 by Parson Samuel Hidden; the building was given in memory of Charles Cook, a prominent local businessman and politician.[2][3]

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  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Cook Memorial Library" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  3. ↑ "Library History". Tamworth Library. Retrieved 2014-05-10.

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