Chase Library

Chase Library is the public library of West Harwich, Massachusetts. It is located in a small architecturally distinguished Colonial Revival building constructed in 1911. Efforts to build a library in West Harwich began in 1901, and reached fruition in 1906, with the gift of the home of Caleb Chase, a Harwich native who was son of a major local shipowner and shipbuilder and a successful businessman in his own right. The house, however, was not suitable for housing a library, so Dr. John Nickerson donated a corner of his large property that was near Chase's house for the purpose, and the present building, a small three-bay wood frame hip-roof building was constructed there.[2]

Chase Library
Location7 Main St.,
Harwich, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°40′08″N 70°7′17″W
Built1911
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.14001094[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 29, 2014

The library building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Chase Library". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-01-13.


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