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Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA
Clapp Memorial Library, 1913
The Clapp Memorial Library was built as the result of a bequest from Belchertown native John Francis Clapp. Clapp’s father, James Harvey Clapp, moved to Belchertown from Northampton in 1812, and was prominent in public affairs for over sixty years, serving as a selectman, County Commissioner, and three-term representative to the State Legislature... On June 30, 1887, the Clapp Memorial Library building was dedicated...
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