The Rumford Public Library is a library in Rumford, Maine . The building it is in was designed by Maine architect John Calvin Stevens and was built with a funding grant from Andrew Carnegie in 1903. The architecturally distinguished building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
7-471: The original portion of the Rumford library is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story red brick structure with a side- gable roof . Its Romanesque styling is most pronounced in its projecting entry pavilion , a gable-roofed section centered on the middle third of the main facade that has a large round arch, in which the entrance is recessed. A rectangular stone panel above the arch identifies the building, and there are
14-412: A shallower pitch which reduces wind exposure and supports snow better, reducing the risk of an uncontrolled avalanche and more easily retaining an insulating layer of snow. Gable roofs are most common in cold climates. They are the traditional roof style of New England and the east coast of Canada. Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s The House of Seven Gables and Lucy Maud Montgomery ’s Anne of Green Gables ,
21-416: A trio of sash windows above that, with a small round stone panel near the peak of the gable. A belt course of stone separates the main floor from the raised basement, which is also finished in brick. A modern addition was added to the original block in 1969. The main entry of the library leads into a vestibule , and then a centrally-positioned circulation desk, with reading rooms to either side, and stacks in
28-407: Is constructed of rafters , roof trusses or purlins . The pitch of a gable roof can vary greatly. The gable roof is so common because of the simple design of the roof timbers and the rectangular shape of the roof sections. This avoids details which require a great deal of work or cost and which are prone to damage. If the pitch or the rafter lengths of the two roof sections are different, it
35-487: Is described as an 'asymmetrical gable roof'. A gable roof on a church tower (gable tower) is usually called a 'cheese wedge roof' ( Käsbissendach ) in Switzerland . Its versatility means that the gable roof is used in many regions of the world. In regions with strong winds and heavy rain, gable roofs are built with a steep pitch in order to prevent the ingress of water. By comparison, in alpine regions, gable roofs have
42-616: The gift of shelving and books by local industrialist Hugh J. Chisholm . The library building was designed by the Portland architect John Calvin Stevens , who designed a number of public library buildings throughout the state. [REDACTED] Media related to Rumford Public Library at Wikimedia Commons Gable roof A gable roof is a roof consisting of two sections whose upper horizontal edges meet to form its ridge . The most common roof shape in cold or temperate climates, it
49-501: The modern addition to the rear. The reading areas are decorated with dark-stained window trim, vertical wainscoting , and a fireplace with a bracketed mantel in the north room. The first library established in the Rumford area was a private circulating collection of 1,000 volumes established by A. Z. Cates. A campaign for a permanent public library was enhanced by a $ 10,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation in 1903, with
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