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Opened May 5, 1914, this building remains a branch of the larger Enfield central library. 5: New Haven Fair Haven Branch New Haven: Mar 14, 1913: $60,000 182 Grand Ave. Designed by architect Leoni W. Robinson of New Haven. [8] Opened in 1916, this building underwent a major renovation in 1993. 6: New Haven Davenport Branch New Haven
The Frederick H. Cossitt Library is a historic library building at 388 N. Granby Road in Granby, Connecticut. It is a Queen Anne style building, designed by Jasper D. Sibley and built in 1890. Construction of the library was championed by George S. Godard , later librarian of the Connecticut State Library , and was funded by a bequest from ...
The Ives Memorial Library is the main branch of the system and is located on the New Haven Green. The neo-Georgian building was designed by Cass Gilbert and finished in 1911. This building was renovated and expanded in 1990. [1] Murals in the main library originated as Public Works Administration projects.
The Connecticut State Library is an Executive Branch agency of the State of Connecticut. The State Library Board determines policy for the State Library and provides for the supervision of the State Library by a State Librarian appointed by the Board. The State Library Board is within the Department of Education for administrative purposes only.
William Faxon (1822–1883) was a journalist who served as chief clerk of the United States Navy from 1861 to 1866 and as United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1866 until 1869. [ 1 ] Biography
The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History is a non-profit museum, library, archive and education center that is open to the public. It houses a research center containing 270,000 artifacts and graphics and over 100,000 books and pamphlets. [2] It holds one of the largest costume and textile collections in New England. [3]
Samuel Trumbull's circulating library, Norwich [21] Pomfret. Social Library of Abington in Pomfret (est.1793) [2] United English Library for the Propagation of Christian and Useful Knowledge, Pomfret (1739–1805) [2] Saybrook. Library of Second Society, Saybrook (est.1795) [2] Southington. Union Library Society, Southington (1797–1847) [2 ...
The library accepts used book donations and hosts three large used book sales every year, with the summer sale often being considered the largest in Connecticut. [29] [30] Attracting around 8,000 people annually, it is the library’s largest special event, raising a significant percentage of the library’s operating budget. The sale generally ...