Name/Title
Albert Peavey Memorial Library | 26 Water Street, Eastport, Maine | Eastport Historic DistrictDescription
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I7-0D4-05
Built:1893
Address:
26 Water Street
Eastport, Maine
National Register
HISTORIC DISTRICT
Eastport Historic District
ARCHITECTS
Rotch and Tilden
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES
Romanesque
From Sunrise County Architecture (2nd revised and enlarged edition) 1996, p.28:
PEAVEY MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Frank Peavey donated the money for construction of this library, and named it in memory of his father, Albert Peavey. Frank Peavey was originally from Eastport, but made his fortune in the grain industry by inventing the Peavey grain elevator. The library was designed by the architects Rotch and Tilden of Boston, and has stylistic elements distinctive to the Romanesque Revival period of architecture. The arch is emphasized in the doorway and windows, and in the brick trim work. The building was originally planned to be built of stone but was constructed of brick in 1893. Mr. Peavey gave money for the construction of the building on the stipulation that it must have 5,000 books; thus many residents of Eastport donated books from their own collections to get the building underway . The Eastport Library Association owns the building. A war memorial honoring the many Eastporters who served in the militatv. has been built in front of the library. AFN, JCB
From Eastport Walking Tour Brochure, 2010:
31) Peavey Memorial Library (NR) Water Street, Romanesque Revival. Frank Peavey donated the money for the library in 1893, in memory of his father. The library was designed by architects Rotch and Tilden of Boston. Frank built up a wheat brokerage and grain elevator business that was still operating in the 1960s.
From National Register of Historic Places Eastport Historic District Nomination Form, p.3:
18. Peavey Memorial Library, 1893. 26 Water Street. Richardsonian Romanesque, 1 story, brick with stone trim. Rotch & Tilden, Boston, Architects.
