Lucius Clapp Memorial Explained

Lucius Clapp Memorial
Coordinates:42.1242°N -71.1014°W
Built:1903
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:August 18, 1992
Refnum:92000998

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.[1] It now houses the Stoughton Historical Society.

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

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  1. Web site: MACRIS inventory record for Lucius Clapp Memorial. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-06-05.