Richmond Memorial Library
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Richmond Memorial Library
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West elevation, 2009
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| Location | Batavia, NY |
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| Coordinates | 42°59′52″N 78°10′38″W / 42.99778°N 78.17722°WCoordinates: 42°59′52″N 78°10′38″W / 42.99778°N 78.17722°W |
| Built | 1887 |
| Architect | James Goold Cutler |
| Architectural style | Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque |
| NRHP Reference # | 74001239 |
| Added to NRHP | July 24, 1974 |
The Richmond Memorial Library is located on Ross Street in Batavia, New York, United States. It is an 1880s stone structure in the Richardsonian Romanesque style designed by Rochester architect James Goold Cutler.
His design was strongly inspired by several libraries in Massachusetts that Richardson himself had recently built. It was commissioned by local philanthropist Mary E. Richmond, wife of Dean Richmond, in 1889, as a memorial to her youngest son, Dean Richmond, Jr. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The library is located on the west side of Ross Street approximately 200 feet (61 m) north of East Main Street (New York state routes 5 and 33). The neighborhood, just east of the commercial core area of downtown Batavia, is predominantly residential, with some institutional structures. Resurrection Parish Catholic church is to the southwest and another large brick building is to the northwest. Further to the northeast is one of Batavia's schools; St. James' Episcopal Church, also on the Register, is a half-block to the east. The terrain is level and some mature trees grow in the front yards and along lot lines.
The building itself consists of the original building and a larger modern addition in its rear. The older section is a one-and-a-half-story L-shaped structure of sandstone in a random ashlar pattern, mostly grey with local red Albion stone as trim. Both sections have a steeply pitched gabled roof, with the projecting main entrance pavilion, off-center to the north, creating a cross-gable. At the northeast corner is an octagonal tower with conical top sheathed in copper and finial. A chimney rises from the south end.
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