{"id":1929,"date":"2011-12-29T13:45:12","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T13:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2015-12-28T08:41:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T13:41:02","slug":"millicent-library-in-fairhaven-mass-will-please-fans-of-historical-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=1929","title":{"rendered":"Millicent Library in Fairhaven, Mass., Will Please Fans of Historical Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"

While walking down historic Center St. in coastal Fairhaven, Mass., the sight of the Millicent Library immediately melted my heart. As a big fan of grand, big old libraries, I enthusiastically filed the Millicent under “Great libraries of New England.”<\/p>\n

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Millicent Library, Fairhaven, Mass. (photo by Eric)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This spectacular, brownish-orange stone Victorian architectural gem also features stunning features inside, too, including a 16 ft. high stained glass window. Here you’ll see elements of gem-like colors in parts of the stained glass and the face of young local resident Millicent Rogers who died young; she was the daughter of Standard Oil tycoon and Fairhaven native Henry Huttleston Rogers. The library was dedicated in 1891 in her memory.<\/p>\n

It’s simply a beautiful, old library, one that you just have to see! The National Register of Historic Places added the Millicent Library in 1986, thus validating its historic presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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