Lucius Beebe Memorial Library was referred to in the Wakefield Daily Item as a new building “of which the citizens of Wakefield are justly proud and which for many generations […]

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The cornerstone of the new building was laid on March 17, 1922. The architect was Ralph Adams Cram, of the firm Cram & Ferguson, arguably America’s best Gothic architect, as […]

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Townspeople purchase a lot at the corner of Main and Avon Streets for $16,000. Pictured here: the fundraising sign in front of the Hickok house, which was moved to Chestnut […]

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