Haskell Free Library and Opera House

Haskell Free Library and Opera House is a National Historic Site of Canada in Stanstead, Quebec.

Quebec · 1 Church Street, Stanstead, Quebec · location approximate

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HASKELL FREE LIBRARY AND OPERA HOUSE This structure is doubly unusual: it not only straddles the Canada-United States boundary but also contains the rare combination of a library and a theatre. Built between 1901 and 1904 as the gift of the Haskell family of Vermont, it testifies to the late Victorian belief in the intellectual and moral benefits of education and the arts. Its Queen Anne Revival style, as designed by James Ball, is typical of public libraries of the period. The second storey opera house follows accepted principles of l9th-century theatre design and its ornate interior seats 500 people.

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LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE PUBLIQUE ET LA SALLE D'OPÉRA HASKELL Deux traits particuliers distinguent ce bâtiment: il chevauche la frontière canado-américaine et abrite à la fois une bibliothèque et un opéra. Don de la famille Haskell, du Vermont, il a été construit entre 1901 et 1904 et témoigne de la croyance victorienne dans les bienfaits intellectuels et moraux de l'éducation et des arts. Son style Queen Anne Revival, tel que conçu par James Ball, est caractéristique des bibliothèques publiques de l'époque. La salle d'opéra, au deuxième étage, dont l'architecture fleurie est celle des théâtres du XIXe siècle, peut accueillir 500 personnes.

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