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Bank Row Pittsifield, The Old Berkshire Athenaeum (library) (kh)Comments...
The Berkshire Athenaeum opened at this Bank Row location in 1876 and was built of ornate Great Barrington blue limestone, red Longmeadow freestone and Missouri granite.In 1861, Thomas Allen, a Pittsfield native who made a fortune in St. Louis, MO, managing and financing the railroad west, donated $50,000 to his hometown for the construction of a library and exhibit area which would “promote culture, refinement, classical learning, and the study of practical science.”
His purpose was delayed because of disorders in Missouri caused by the civil war,but was completed in 1876. (kh)
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