Middleborough Public Library

Work performed by principal R. Drayton Fair, LEED AP, ALA, AIA, while employed at Tappe Associates.

Originally built in 1903, the Middleborough Public library is a classic example of a turn of the century Carnegie Library built in the classical style. Built of buff color brick with a limestone base, the building had never been updated until the 1992 addition.

Incorporating complete new services, the new addition reinforces the design of the original on a very tight urban site, bringing the total building square footage to 25,000. On the interior, the new circulation desk bridges both the new addition and grade level entry with the original building and entry on North Main Street. The original building was completely renovated to restore original elements of the main skylight and salvaged brass light fixtures and features a public meeting room seating 130 and a climate controlled genealogy room for the Cranberry Collection. Although the original stack wing was demolished, Mr. Fair designed end tables for the building to incorporate pieces of the original glass floor along with designing the complete furnishing and finish package for the building.