Lincoln Public Library
Lincoln Public Library in 2009
LocationLincoln, Massachusetts, United States of America
TypePublic Library
Established1851
Branches1
Access and use
Population served6,400 (2010 census)
Other information
Websitehttps://www.lincolnpl.org/

Lincoln Public Library is a public library at 3 Bedford Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The library collection began in the late 1700s with a private subscription library started by Reverend Charles Stearns,[1] and later a donation by Eliza Farrar of her husband, Professor John Farrar's library collection.[2] In 1884 George Grosvenor Tarbell, a Boston businessman donated funds to construct the current Second Empire style building of reddish Longmeadow freestone, which was designed by the architect, William G. Preston.[3] Large additions to the library were constructed in the 1950s and 1980s. The library is part of the Minuteman Library Network.[4] It is a contributing property in the Lincoln Center Historic District.

References

  1. ↑ Carroll, William F (December 2003). "Archives/Special Collections: Tarbell Family Collection" (PDF). Lincoln Public Library. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  2. ↑ Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, (1899), p. 200
  3. ↑ Lincoln, Lincoln Historical Society, (2003) p. 31
  4. ↑ "Library History & Building". Lincoln Public Library. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

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