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Lucius Clapp Memorial

Coordinates: 42°7′27″N 71°6′5″W / 42.12417°N 71.10139°W / 42.12417; -71.10139
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Lucius Clapp Memorial
Lucius Clapp Memorial
Lucius Clapp Memorial is located in Massachusetts
Lucius Clapp Memorial
Lucius Clapp Memorial is located in the United States
Lucius Clapp Memorial
Location6 Park Street,
Stoughton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°7′27″N 71°6′5″W / 42.12417°N 71.10139°W / 42.12417; -71.10139
Built1903
ArchitectWalter Atherton
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.92000998[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 1992

The Lucius Clapp Memorial is a historic library building in Stoughton, Massachusetts. The single story masonry Renaissance Revival structure was built in 1903. It was Stoughton's first purpose-built library building, and was built on the site of its first schoolhouse. The building was designed by Walter Atherton and given to the town by Lucius Clapp, a local schoolteacher and businessman.[2] It now houses the Stoughton Historical Society.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Lucius Clapp Memorial". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
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