2013 photos
Oliver Ames Library
3 Barrows St, North Easton, MA 02356
Official
Website
| Date: | 1879-1881 |
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Architect: |
H. H. Richardson |
| Landscape architect: |
Frederick Law Olmsted |
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Style: |
Richardsonian Romanesque |
| Status: |
Contributing member of the H. H. Richardson Historic District of North Easton, Massachusetts |
Illustrations on this page, below:
 Left: Oakes Ames Memorial Hall .... Right: Oliver Ames Library. Both buildings were designed by H. H. Richardson with landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted and both buildings are contributing members of the H. H. Richardson Historic District of North Easton, Massachusetts.  Oliver Ames Library. Polychromy  Stone finial and roof  Polychromatic tower: Gargoyles ..... Arcade voussoirs and columns  Tower and second story. Note end water scuppers (next illustration below).  Water scupper  Second story arcaded windows with single and paired engaged columns ... Polychromy  Richardsonian Romanesque: Syrian arch. Note glass filled loopholes at sides (next illustration below)  Loophole  Entrance arch details: Corbel at lower left ... Chevrons with and without beads  Entrance arch detail: Owl corbel |
South Elevation  Polychromy ... Flanking sunflower(?) images .... Broken rangework masonry ..... Romanesque billet molding  |
Interior  Barrel ceiling    Flanking ancones ... Cable molding ... Reeding  Turned pillars  Stone mantelpiece in the reading room is largely the work of Stanford White. The original stone and present bronze medallions of Oliver Ames II were designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.  Detail - stone mantelpiece  Detail - stone mantelpiece ... Oliver Ames plaque  Detail - stone mantelpiece ... Dentil molding ... Largest leaf is an acanthus leaf ... |
