Pratt Historic Building

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The Pratt Historic Building is a historic building at 106 South Main Street in Cohasset, Massachusetts, United States. It was built in 1903 with private donations as the Paul Pratt Memorial Library, to house the town's 7,500-volume collection. The building was expanded in the 1960s and '70s. In 2003, the library moved to a new site on Ripley Road, in the former Joseph Osgood Elementary School.[2]

Pratt Historic Building
Pratt Historic Building is located in Massachusetts
Pratt Historic Building
Pratt Historic Building is located in the United States
Pratt Historic Building
LocationCohasset, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°14′19.5″N 70°47′58.7″W / 42.238750°N 70.799639°W / 42.238750; -70.799639
Built1902
ArchitectNichols, Edward; Reddie, MacIvor
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.06000816 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 2006

The building now serves as the headquarters and main museum of the Cohasset Historical Society. The Society also operates the Capt. John Wilson House and Bates Ship Chandlery museums in the summer.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Library History". Paul Pratt Memorial Library. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
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