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  • Revere Bell
    This bell, cast by Paul Revere's company, sat in Beebe Library - Wakefield, Massachusetts - for many years.
  • Reading Room - 1924
    Lucius Beebe Memorial Library - Wakefield, Massachusetts. Photo originally appeared in a 1924 issue of "Architecture" magazine. Completed in 1922, the building was designed by Ralph Adams Cram of Cram & Ferguson Architects, Boston.
  • Avon Street entrance
    Lucius Beebe Memorial Library - Wakefield, Massachusetts.
  • Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
    A present day view of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
  • Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
    Wakefield, Massachusetts. April 23, 2008.
  • Laying the cornerstone
    Laying the cornerstone for the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library in Wakefield, Massachusetts (1922). At right, is Harris M. Dolbeare, chairman of the Building Committee. For hundreds more photos from Wakefield's past, visit our Profile and click on the link to our web site.
  • Building Committee
    The laying of the cornerstone for the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library in Wakefield, Massachusetts, on March 17, 1922. Standing on the right in the fur coat is Lucia Beebe, granddaughter of Lucius Beebe.
  • Beebe Memorial Library construction
    The Lucius Beebe Memorial Library in Wakefield, Massachusetts during construction, circa 1922.
  • Beebe Library painting
    A painting by local artist Hope Dillaway depicted a number of prominent early citizens of Wakefield, Massachusetts, along with some of the town's historic buildings. The Lucius Beebe Memorial Library building is in the lower center. The man with the white beard above the building is Lucius Beebe. In the upper right, is Wakefield's Old Town Hall, along with a portrait of Cyrus Wakefield, for whom the town was named. For hundreds more photos from Wakefield's past, visit our Profile and click on the link to our web site.
  • Beebe Library Postcard
    A colorized postcard view of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library in Wakefield, Massachusetts, probably from the mid-20th century.
  • Beebe Library
    345 Main Street - Wakefield Massachusetts.
  • Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
    Wakefield, Massachusetts.
  • Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
    345 Main Street - Wakefield, Massachusetts.