Franklin Public Library

Local nameFranklin Public Library
LocationFranklin, Massachusetts, United States

Franklin Public Library is the first public lending library in continuous existence in the United States. It was founded in 1790 in Franklin, Massachusetts with a donation of books from Benjamin Franklin. It is currently located at 118 Main Street in Franklin.A town in Massachusetts chose to name itself Franklin after Benjamin Franklin, and Franklin donated 116 books to the town in lieu of a requested church bell. Franklin's town meeting voted to lend the books to all Franklin inhabitants free of charge in 1790, and this small collection can therefore be considered the first public library in the United States. In 1904, the Ray family donated the Ray Memorial Building which was dedicated as the first permanent building for the library collection. The Franklin Library Association was in charge of the library until 1981 when town of Franklin began running the Franklin Public Library directly as a department of the town.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Public_Library_(Massachusetts)

Official website http://www.franklinlibrary.org/

Phone +1 508 520 4940

Address 118 Main Street, Franklin, MA 02038, USA

Coordinates 42°5'7.101" N -71°24'0.119" E

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