Archiscape Blog

Beach Memorial Library
Photo from Historic Buildings of Connecticut
For our latest series on historic New England architecture, we have discussed Craftsman style in area homes, and found this example of a building first designed as a public building, now a home in Newtown, Connecticut.
The Beach Memorial Library, built in 1900 on Main Street in Newtown, CT , was home to the town’s library until 1932. Here the Craftsman style projects a cottage-like quality with its low slung hipped roof, exposed rafters, leaded glass, deep eaves, braces, and field stone exterior.
Read more about Craftsman Style architecture here.