For 68 years, the Hunt Memorial Building served as the Nashua Public Library until the city outgrew the building and a new and larger facility was built on Court St. in 1971.
The Hunt is now owned by the city and managed by a volunteer board of trustees. Designed by noted American architect and New Hampshire native Ralph Adams Cram, the building opened to the public in 1903 and was entered on the National Register of Historic Buildings in 1971.
In May, 2004, HDB/Cram and Ferguson, successor to Ralph Adams Cram's firm, completed a Facility Master Plan for the full restoration and renovation of the Hunt. This effort is currently underway utilizing public and private funding.
The building is available for public, private, and corporate functions. The Board of Trustees oversee the restoration of the Hunt Memorial Building to its original splendor while making it available for public use in keeping with the intent of the original gift to the people of Nashua. Our goal is to establish the Hunt as a regional venue for lectures, concerts, theatre, meetings and receptions and as a home for non-profits and creative arts organizations.
Our special thanks to Peter Michael Martin for the use of his paper cutting The Hunt Building - Library Hill in our banner.