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The '''Billerica Public Library''' is a [[public library]] in [[Billerica, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mblc.state.ma.us/libraries/directory/index.php |title=Library Directory - MBLC |website=mblc.state.ma.us |access-date=2010-05-18}}</ref> Since 2000, it has been located on Concord Road.<ref>http://www.billericalibrary.org/about.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127025015/http://www.billericalibrary.org/about.html |date=2010-01-27 }} Retrieved 2010-08-04</ref> |
The '''Billerica Public Library''' is a [[public library]] in [[Billerica, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mblc.state.ma.us/libraries/directory/index.php |title=Library Directory - MBLC |website=mblc.state.ma.us |access-date=2010-05-18}}</ref> Since 2000, it has been located on Concord Road.<ref>http://www.billericalibrary.org/about.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127025015/http://www.billericalibrary.org/about.html |date=2010-01-27 }} Retrieved 2010-08-04</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 16:54, 25 April 2024
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| Established | 1880 |
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| Website | billericalibrary |
The Billerica Public Library is a public library in Billerica, Massachusetts.[1] Since 2000, it has been located on Concord Road.[2]
History[edit]
In the late 19th century, "Billerica's free library, known as the Bennett Public Library, was founded by Mrs. Joshua Bennett, who erected, at a cost of $9,000, a suitable building for the purpose, and deeded it to the Bennett Library Association in 1880. ... The town contributes nothing for the support of the library."[3] The architects of the Bennett building were Boston architects Rotch & Tilden.
Initially, subscribers were charged an annual fee for use of the library.[4] By 1899, "the membership fee to the associates, to whom a few special privileges are allowed, is one dollar, but all citizens are given the free use of the library."[5]
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Billerica spent 1.09% of its budget on the library—some $29 per person. The library's total budget was $1,209,203.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Library Directory - MBLC". mblc.state.ma.us. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ http://www.billericalibrary.org/about.html Archived 2010-01-27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010-08-04
- ^ Henry Stedman Nourse, ed. Free public libraries of Massachusetts. 9th Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1899. Google books
- ^ Henry Allen Hazen. History of Billerica, Massachusetts: with a Genealogical register. A. Williams and Co., 1883. Google books
- ^ Nourse. 1899
- ^ July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008; cf. The FY2008 Municipal Pie: What’s Your Share? Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Library Commissioners. Boston: 2009. Available: Municipal Pie Reports Archived 2012-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading[edit]
- Catalogue, constitution, rules and regulations of the Bennett Public Library Association of Billerica. C. F. Jones & Co. Printers, 1882. Google books
- Paula D. Watson. Carnegie Ladies, Lady Carnegies: Women and the Building of Libraries. Libraries & Culture, Vol. 31, No. 1, Reading & Libraries (Winter, 1996)
External links[edit]
- http://www.billericalibrary.org/
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/pkeleher/1579977566/
- Flickr. Photo of Stephen King at the library, 1983
- Flickr. Photo of library building, 1979-2000
- Flickr. Billerica Public Library's photostream
Image gallery[edit]
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Bennett Library, Billerica, 1883 -
Bennett Library, Billerica, 1899 -
The Billerica Public Library, 2004
