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Hudson Public Library

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1903–1904, Claire Allen. 205 S. Market St.
  • (Photograph by Kathryn Bishop Eckert)

This small Carnegie-funded city library was designed in a modified Beaux-Arts classical style by Allen of Jackson and was constructed of local fieldstone by Koch Brothers of Ann Arbor. The high-style building scaled to the size of this city's population delighted the people of Hudson. A parapet and flanking Ionic columns in antis lend focus and a degree of formality to the central entrance with a doorway marked by a Gibbs surround (named for architect James Gibbs), in which large blocks of stone are inserted into the architrave. In 1905–1906, the brick look-alike Mendon library at 314 W. Main Street followed Allen's plans.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Kathryn Bishop Eckert
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What's Nearby

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
West Main Street
Hudson Masonic Temple
Thompson House Museum and Gardens (Gamaliel I. Thompson House)
William Treadwell House

Citation

Kathryn Bishop Eckert, "Hudson Public Library", [Hudson, Michigan], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MI-01-LE8.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Michigan

Buildings of Michigan, Kathryn Bishop Eckert. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 189-189.

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