Harrisville Public Library - Harrisville, NH
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The Harrisville Public Library, in the old vestry building, has a modest collection of about 4700 volumes serving about 1000 people in this rural New Hampshire town.
Waymark Code: WM50XA
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 10/23/2008
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At the edge of a beautiful lake in the rural town of Harrisville, New Hampshire, is the Harrisville Public Library. Framed by trees in their autumn suits, it lends well to a peaceful scene to enjoy some reading.
According to this website,
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visit link)
the library has 4760 volumes that serves a community of 1106 residents.
According to the source at the end and a walking tour map, this library is housed in a building that was originally a chapel. "The Vestry" as it was known was built in 1840 and was used as a Sunday School for the nearby Congregational Church. The town voted for a public library in 1877, funding both renting/building a building and books. Other donations were received for more books. The library was housed behind the Congregational Church and other places before being placed in the Vestry around 1969.
Unfortunately, I was there on Sunday, so I couldn't see the inside. An opportunity for a visitor!
Source:
John Bordon Armstrong, "Factory Under the Elms," Museum of American Textile History, North Andover, MA, 1985.
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