![]() It is set in a park of over 4 acres (1.6 ha) on a low knoll. ![]() The library is located in a residential area south of the Danvers central business district. The building was transferred from the trustees to the town in 1978. The present Classical Revival structure was completed in 1892. The library's trustees elected to rebuild on the same site, retaining Little & Browne (whose chief draftsman was a Danvers resident) to design the replacement. Bryant and built in 1868-69 this Gothic Revival structure was destroyed by fire in 1890. The first building was designed by Gridley J. Philanthropist and native son George Peabody donated $50,000 for the construction of a library for Danvers, after previously endowing the Peabody Institute in South Danvers (now Peabody).
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