Patten Free Library
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| Patten Free Library | |
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| Location | Bath, Maine, United States |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1847 |
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| Size | 56,000 |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 150,000 |
| Population served | 17,148 |
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| Budget | $655,496 |
| Director | Lesley Dolinger |
| Employees | 24 |
| Website | www |
The Patten Free Library is a public library in Bath, Maine, United States. It also serves the communities of Arrowsic, Georgetown, West Bath, and Woolwich.
The Patten Library Association was founded in 1847. In 1887, Galen C. Moses donated $10,000 to fund a building for the library. The original building was designed by George Edward Harding, and was finished in 1890. New wings were built in 1961 and 1998.
References
- ^ "Newly completed Patten Free Library, Bath, ca. 1890". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Architectural rendering of Patten Free Library, Bath, ca. 1888". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "History of the Library". Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
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