Rockingham Free Public Library
Rockingham Free Public Library is one of four Carnegie Libraries in the state of Vermont. The building, in Bellows Falls, Vermont, a village of Rockingham, Vermont, was designed by Boston architects McLean & Wright in Classical Revival style. The Carnegie grant was offered in 1905. The town took a while to decide on allocating matching funds. The library officially opened on November 23, 1909. A children's annex was added to the building in 1929. In 2003 a new entryway and elevator were added for improved accessibility.
Early history
Prior to this building being built, the Rockingham Free Public Library occupied a room in the lower floor of the town's opera house. Before that, there was a subscription library founded on October 28, 1799, as the Rockingham Library Society. The book collection moved around town occupying a room in the town's first high school, and a local drug store. The town's first public library card was issued in 1888.
References
- ^ Vermont. Free Public Library Commission (1910). Biennial Report of the Free Public Library Commission of the State of Vermont. p. 59. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "McLean, William H." Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
- ^ "Library History – Rockingham Free Public Library". Rockingham Free Public Library. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ Hayes, Lyman Simpson (2016-10-23). "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 2020-02-25.
- ^ "Rockingham Free Public Library". New England Carnegies. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ Lovell, Frances Stockwell. History of Rockingham. pp. 125–128.
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