Royal Artillery Park

[1] Royal Artillery Park was initially funded from the conquest of present-day Maine, which was renamed the colony of New Ireland.

[2] In the far corner of the Royal Artillery Park, a diminutive red brick building, is the Cambridge Military Library.

The Library opened in 1817 at Grafton Street, as an alternative to the more notorious choices of city entertainment.

It moved to its present location in Royal Artillery Park in 1886 and was renamed Cambridge Military Library in 1902.

The library was funded in part from Customs receipts gathered during the War of 1812 at the Battle of Hampden.