Rockingham Free Public Library
| Rockingham Free Public Library | |
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| 43°07′51″N 72°26′41″W / 43.1308°N 72.4446°W | |
| Location | Bellows Falls, Vermont |
| Established | November 23, 1909 |
| Architect | McLean & Wright |
| Collection | |
| Size | 44,000 titles |
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| Director | Ian Graham |
| Employees | nine |
| Website | rockinghamlibrary |
Rockingham Free Public Library is one of four Carnegie Libraries in the state of Vermont.[1] The building, in Bellows Falls, Vermont, a village of Rockingham, Vermont, was designed by Boston architects McLean & Wright in Classical Revival style.[2][3] The Carnegie grant was offered in 1905. The town took a while to decide on allocating matching funds.[4] The library officially opened on November 23, 1909.[3] A children's annex was added to the building in 1929.[5] In 2003 a new entryway and elevator were added for improved accessibility.[5]
Early history
[edit]Prior to this building being built, the Rockingham Free Public Library occupied a room in the lower floor of the town's opera house.[3] Before that, there was a subscription library founded on October 28, 1799, as the Rockingham Library Society.[3] The book collection moved around town occupying a room in the town's first high school, and a local drug store.[4]: 596 The town's first public library card was issued in 1888.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Vermont. Free Public Library Commission (1910). Biennial Report of the Free Public Library Commission of the State of Vermont. p. 59. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- ↑ "McLean, William H." Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 "Library History – Rockingham Free Public Library". Rockingham Free Public Library. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- 1 2 Hayes, Lyman Simpson (October 23, 2016). "History of the town of Rockingham, Vermont, including the villages of Bellows Falls, Saxtons River, Rockingham, Cambridgeport and Bartonsville, 1753-1907, with family genealogies". Internet Archive. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- 1 2 "Rockingham Free Public Library". New England Carnegies. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- ↑ Lovell, Frances Stockwell. History of Rockingham. pp. 125–128.
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