Baxter Memorial Library

Gorham, Maine     2003

Baxter Memorial Library, an elegant 1908 Georgian/Colonial Revival pink granite building, was overcrowded and lacked ADA access. PDT used elements of the original design in exterior features of the addition, including window configurations, color choices, and roofing materials. Where the old library's spaces were compact, highly finished, and formally delineated, the addition is large, open, and flexible. The addition's rotunda entrance opens to a new parking circle. Winner of a 2003 Statewide Historic Preservation Award.

Lyndon D. Keck