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JAN
16
Public Library, Derby, Connecticut, c1910
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JAN
16
LIB067594
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JUL
15
Scoville Memorial Library, Salisbury, Connecticut
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JUL
15
LIB493227
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OCT
25
Public Library, Putnam, Connecticut
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25
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OCT
23
Russell Library, Middletown, Connecticut, 1906
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23
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FEB
12
Hungerford Library, Harwinton, Connecticut, 1912
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FEB
12
LIB577586
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FEB
09
Gunn Library, Washington, Connecticut, c1910
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FEB
09
LIB999112 Gunn Memorial Library, designed by Ehrick Rossiter, was opened and dedicated in 1908. This to me looks like such a charming library. By the way, The Library was awarded the Excellence in Public Library Service Award by the Connecticut Library Association and the Connecticut State Library in 2001 for the category of public libraries serving towns with a population of less than 25,000.
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FEB
09
Public Library, Westport, Connecticut, 1910
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FEB
09
LIB397395
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JAN
11
Public Library, Portland, Connecticut
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JAN
11
LIB224369
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JAN
11
Public Library, Ellington, Connecticut
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JAN
11
LIB975189
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JAN
03
Public Library, Ansonia, Connecticut
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JAN
03
LIB904935
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JAN
02
Public Library, Wallingford, Connecticut
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JAN
02
LIB581254 The Library Wine Bar and Bistro is literally Wallingford's old town library. Built in 1899, it was passionately and lovingly restored back to its classic, architectural beauty by the Gouveia family of Gouveia Vineyards, Wallingford, CT. Fast forward to 2018:
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JAN
02
Library, Danielson, Connecticut, 1908
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JAN
02
LIB156869
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OCT
25
Library, Westport, Connecticut, 1910
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OCT
25
Library, Westport, Connecticut 1910 LIB845867
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FEB
24
Library, Farmington, Connecticut
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FEB
24
[LIB11221] - In 1901 the Village Library Company became the Farmington Village Green & Library Association (FVGLA), a name it has carried for over 100 years. The FVGLA chose another site for a new library in 1917, and D. Newton Barney built the Village Library in memory of his mother, Sarah Brandegee Barney; this building, with the addition of a children’s wing in 1959 remains today as the Barney Library. [website]
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DEC
12
Acton Library, Old Saybrook, Connecticut
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DEC
12
[LIB11211] - Thanks to "Just Me and My Camera" for the contemporary image!
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DEC
12
Library, Farmington, Connecticut
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DEC
12
[LIB11210] - It started in the 18th century, with a few books on a librarian’s shelf; today, the Farmington Library and Barney Branch Library house over 165,000 items. It started as a place to read, exchange books, and talk; today, it is still that, but much more. It is where you go to borrow a book or tape or video; hear a speaker; research a term paper; find some information on the Internet; search for a new job; or watch your children discover the joy of reading. The library is at the heart of, and dedicated to, the community.
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NOV
24
Raymond Library, Montville, Connecticut
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NOV
24
[LIB11205] - When Albert C. Raymond of Montville and East Hartford died in 1880, he left $10,000 in trust for the establishment of a library in Montville. A library had existed in Montville Center as early as 1823: the Union Library, a private institution located in an old store on the site of the present Congregational Church. As described in Henry A. Baker’s History of Montville (1896), After the death of Mrs. Raymond, 16 Sept., 1883, the sum donated for the founding of the Raymond Library was received from the executors of the estate of Albert C. Raymond by the Raymond Library Company, who immediately caused a library building to be erected at a cost of two thousand dollars. The building was a beautiful brick structure, built under a contract by Mr. Robert Turner of Norwich, and completed in the winter of 1884-5. At the annual meeting of the Raymond Library Company, held October 14, 1885, the library building was formally opened to the public; a bountiful collation was pre
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NOV
13
Library, Norfolk, Connecticut
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NOV
13
[LIB11190] - Miss Isabella Eldridge established the Norfolk Library as a memorial to her parents, The Reverend Joseph and Sarah Battell Eldridge, and presented it to the town of Norfolk in 1889. Her hope was that it would be a meeting ground for the community rather than just an institution and it has maintained the character she gave it through all the years of its existence. It serves not only as a storehouse of reading for instruction and pleasure, but also as a meeting site for various clubs and groups. Mr. George Keller of Hartford was the architect for the building which first opened on March 6, 1889. At the time it was built, the structure went no farther than the north-south corridor of alcoves. The Great Hall, additional stacks, and the back alcove, also designed by Keller, were added in 1911, again the gift of Isabella Eldridge. [Website]
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OCT
31
1953, Library, Westport, Connecticut
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OCT
31
[LIB11178] - The Westport Reading Room and Library Association is founded on February 4, 1886. It is located in a leased second floor room on the Hurlbutt block opposite what would later become the "old library building" on the Post Road East at Parker Harding Plaza. Total first year membership is 146 and first year circulation is 962 volumes. Membership costs $1.00 per year. Mrs. Frances A. Gray is the volunteer librarian and the Reading Room is open Monday through Saturday in the evening after supper. To stretch access to the small collection, borrowing is limited to Tuesdays and Thursdays. [Website]
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OCT
31
Library, Windham, Connecticut
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OCT
31
[LIB11175] - Located on the green in Windham Center CT, the Windham Free Library provides a place for book-lovers to gather, engage with their community, and relax in beautiful surroundings. [Website]
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OCT
31
1912, Free Public Library, Somers, Connecticut
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OCT
31
[LIB11174] - No longer used as a public library.
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OCT
31
Library, Prospect, Connecticut
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OCT
31
[LIB11173] - No longer used as a public library. [Website]
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OCT
31
Thomaston Library, Thomaston, Connecticut
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OCT
31
[LIB11172] - 1900-1901 - Randall T. Andrews, an incorporator of the Laura Andrews Free Library Association, offers a site on his property on Grand Street for "the erection of a building thereon for the purpose of a library." (Deed, May 20, 1901). Architects, Griggs and Hunt of Waterbury, Connecticut and New York City design a library building for a total cost of $6,571.00 [Website]
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OCT
31
Library, Southington, Connecticut
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OCT
31
[LIB11171] - [Website]
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