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1. Nantucket Atheneum
Nantucket, MA 02554
(508) 228-1110
Captain Ahab
would feel
right at home
The Nantucket Atheneum is the main public library on the island. It was original built in 1834 but burned down like most of the town during the Great Fire of 1846. The present building was completed shortly after…More »
2. Provincetown Library
A library
with a
surprise upstairs
Provincetown has very close connections with the ocean and like many places associated with the sea, great drawings, photos and models of ocean scenes, lighthouses and beaches are common. However I never expected to…More »
3. Cuttyhunk Public Library
A
cool
card
catalog
The library was built in 1892 and it is one the the increasing rare and wonderful places that has never changed. Walk through those doors and you are back in 1892. Small, dark , cramped and with a wonderful odor of ocean air, books…More »
4. Paisley County Library
Paisley, FL 32767
(352) 669-1001
Fountains
stars
and
chocolate cake
The Paisley Country Library was opened in 2001 and is rather small and architecturally uninteresting. Certainly nothing like some of the wonderful libraries in New England that are literally dripping with history and…More »
5. Mystic & Noank Library
Mystic, CT 06355
(860) 536-7721
A
magnificent
library
The idea fom this stunning building started back in 1891 when Captain Elihu Spicer decided that his home town needed a library. So he donated money and ideas and by 1894 the Mystic and Noank Library was open for business.
The good…More »
6. Aquinnah Public Library
A
little
red
library
The Aquinnah Public Library is an extremely cool little library located in Aquinnah on Martha's Vineyard. Most people I know still call this area Gay Head but the name of the town was officially changed in 1998 to Aquinnah, the…More »
7. Redwood Library
The
oldest
of
the old
New England has lots of old libraries and even some really old libraries, but none older than The Redwood Library in Newport. In fact this is the oldest library in continuous service in the entire country. Everything about this…More »
8. Minneola Library
A
schoolhouse
library
Libraries and schools have a lot in common and indeed some of the very coolest libraries I have been in have been former schoolhouses. The Minneola Schoolhouse Library was built way back in 1885 and is the oldest remaining school…More »
9. Umatilla Public Library
Trains,
lions
and
big chairs
The first Umatilla library started back in 1917 in a spare part of a local department store. Nothing unusual about this, sticking the library in any available space was common practice back then. During the 30's the people…More »
10. Bill Memorial Library
A library
that will
never be
built again
I have been to a lot of libraries. big ones, small ones, old ones and new ones but i don't believe I have even seen one quite this physically impressive. It looks more like a medieval castle than a library.…More »
11. Orange City Library
Orange City, FL 32763
(386) 775-5270
A
beautiful
old
library
The Orange City Library is a unique and stunning old library that also serves as a community center and meeting hall. The building is quite huge but the actual library part is much smaller than you would expect because the cool…More »
12. New Smyrna Beach Regional Library
A
roving
reference
The regional library at New Smyrna Beach is a large building with many of the usual amenities you would find in a library this size. Lots of books, periodicals, computers and even some very cool art and pictures. Definitely a nicely…More »
13. Leesburg City of Library
Leesburg, FL 34748
(352) 728-9790
Butterflies
books
and
Annie
The Leesburg Public Library is a new, 42.000 square foot building that has just about everything anyone could possible want in a library. It's clean, spacious and has all the modern conveniences that a new library should…More »
14. Melbourne Public Library
Melbourne, FL 32901
(321) 952-4514
A library
with
a park
The very first library in Melbourne was started back in 1918 and like lots of libraries of that time period the books were just shoved in the back of a local store. And like lots of early libraries the books ended up moving around…More »
15. Wellfleet Public Library
A library
with a
porch
Wellfleet is a pleasant little town on Cape Cod. It's typical of many Cape Cod towns with beautiful beaches, great dunes, open ocean and a unique charm. So it's quite appropriate that the town has a beautiful and unique…More »
16. Montverde Library
Montverde, FL 34756
(407) 469-3838
The inside
is
what counts
The Helen Lehmann Memorial Library in Montverde isn't much to look at from the outside. Sort of reminds me of a big dumpster with a funny roof. Obviously aesthetics weren't a major consideration in it's construction.
However…More »
17. Town of Howey-In-the-Hills Library
Howey In the Hills, FL 34737
(352) 324-0254
From
bread
to
books
The town of Howey-in-the-Hills library got it's start about ten years ago as an eagle scout project. As usual with libraries that are just starting out, the books were moved around quite a bit. Finally through private donations and…More »
18. Oak Hill Library
Something
not
quite right
The first thing you notice about the Oak Hill Library is that it doesn't look like a library. It sort of looks like a old local market or perhaps a liquor store or maybe something else. But it certainly doesn't look like a…More »
19. Lake Helen Library
Very
easy
on the
eyes
Lake Helen is a small town, it doesn't even have a traffic light. It does have lots of cool old buildings, some unusual stuff and some cool new things like an impressive library.
The library was built about ten years ago but looks…More »
20. Jamestown Philomenian Library
What exactly
is a
Philomenian?
The library on the island of Jamestown is officially called the Jamestown Philomenian Library. Everyone knows what a library is but what the hell is a Philomenian?
Don't bother looking it up in a dictionary because you…More »
21. Eatonville Library
Maitland, FL 32751
(407) 628-8167
A
place
for
kids
As I was driving through the Eatonville section of Maitland I noticed a library sign. I thought that this was curious because I never knew Eatonville had a library. Of course I had to investigate and sure enough, this section of town…More »
22. Truro Public Library
A
wonderful
new
library
I tend to like the old, quaint and historical libraries because most of the new ones tend to be functional and useful boxes built by the lowest bidder. Most certainly do what they were designed to do but have a boring and…More »
23. West Tisbury Public Library
A
time
to
grow
I was told that almost 89% of the folks in West Tisbury hold a library card. Obviously people on this part of Martha's Vineyard enjoy reading and using their library. Unfortunately, as pleasant as the the present library is, it's just…More »
24. Maitland Public Library
In a
teacher's
living room
The first Maitland Library was founded back in 1896 when roughly 360 books were stored in a local teacher's living room. Hardly the most convenient arraignment for the local teacher, so in 1907 a real library was constructed.…More »
25. Mattapoisett Public Library
Cannon
clocks
and
cases
Mattapoisett means place of rest in the local Native American language and this library is indeed a peaceful and extremely interesting place. Nestled on a quiet side street close enough to the ocean that you can smell it, the…More »
26. City of Eustis Library
Eustis, FL 32726
(352) 357-5686
Roller skates
and
supermarkets
Like many towns the first library in Eustis was a pile of books shoved on a shelve in a general store. Since it's inauspicious beginnings in 1902 the library has grown and expanded quite a bit.
The books bounced around…More »
27. Killingworth Library
Through these
doors, lie
many worlds
The Killingworth Library is one of the newer ones in the area, only opening it's doors in 1995. It was quite a circuitous path to this present building and the first idea of a library in Killingworth started back in…More »
28. East Lake County Library
Sorrento, FL 32776
(352) 383-9980
Substance
over
style
Sorrento Florida isn't a very large town, I believe it has less than one thousand people living there. One of those quiet little towns that is easy to pass right by without even noticing. The town library is the same way,…More »
29. Louttit Library
A school house
to a
library.
The Louttit library is the main library in the town of West Greenwich but actually started life as a one room school house. A simple place built in 1936 with no running water or central heat. There were four of these one…More »
30. Dighton Public Library
A library
made
of
stone
Dighton Public Library is a rather small place but with a very cool exterior made of field stones. I tried to find out exactly where the stones came from but nobody know. I suspect they are local, possible taken from the river…More »
31. Westbrook Public Library
A
lovely
library
The first library in Westbrook started back in 1895 but didn't have a real home until 1905 when a quaint but tiny building was built on the town's green to house the books. The library remained here until 1977 and the old building is…More »
32. Gales Ferry Library
Gales Ferry, CT 06335
(860) 464-6943
The
road
to
knowledge
The Gales Ferry Library is a quaint little library located in the quaint little village of Gales Ferry. The first library was started back in 1917 when a bunch of donated books were just shoved on a shelve in a country club and the…More »
33. Tavares Library
Tavares, FL 32778
(352) 742-6204
A
beautiful
addition
Lots of small libraries eventually decide they need more room and decide to expand. Because of the difficult financial climate many of these expansions are just cheap additions that are incongruent with the original structure.…More »
34. Barney Library
A lot more
than
just books
There are lots of libraries in the state of Connecticut. Huge efficient ones, small quaint ones and cool historical ones. But there are few libraries anywhere than can match the resplendence, elegance and comfort of the…More »
35. Guilford H Hathaway Library
A library
that
never
changes
I love tiny, old libraries and they just don't come any tinier or older than the Guilford Hathaway Library. It was constructed in 1895 with money donated by Florence Hathaway in memory of her father and I suspect it hardly…More »
36. Eastham Public Library
Enriching lives
and
educating children
Enriching lives and educating children is one what biography states the purpose of the Eastham Library is. Definitely a pretty accurate description, this is a library that does a lot of things and manages to look…More »
37. Elizabeth Taber Library
A present
from a
fairy
godmother
The Elizabeth Taber Library was a gift from a woman that became known as the Fairy Godmother of the town of Marion. She was a very wealthy widow with no children that decided her money should go to the enrichment of…More »
38. Groton Public Library
The only
requirement
is
interest
The Groton Public Library is a fairly large library with almost 150,00 items including a good magazine selection. audio. movies and free wi-fi. A thoroughly modern library that still has a friendly and comfy small town…More »
39. Berkley Public Library
The
greatest
gift
The Berkley Public Library was one of the many libraries that philanthropist Andrew Carnegie gave to the world. Between 1883 and 1929 money from Carnegie built over 2,500 libraries with 95 in New England alone. Many are still around…More »
40. Chilmark Public Library
Aquinnah, MA 02535
(508) 645-3360
A library
that
evolves
The first library in this area was formed back in 1882 when a whooping total of 33 books was kept in the back of a store. The present Chilmark Library has now has about 34,000 items, quite an evolution and improvement over time.
…More »
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