Stone Library
This library, on the grounds of Peacefield, is home to over 14,000 volumes which belonged to the Adams family. In his will, John Quincy Adams requested that the library be built out of stone so that it would be fireproof. The building was completed in 1870.
Read more about this topic: Adams National Historical Park
Famous quotes containing the words stone and/or library:
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And why they seek it there; for what I search
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