Rockingham Free Public Library

Rockingham Free Public Library is one of four Carnegie Libraries in the state of Vermont.^[1] The building, in Bellows Falls, Vermont, a village of Rockingham, Vermont, was designed by Boston architects McLean & Wright in Classical Revival style.^[2][3] The Carnegie grant was offered in 1905. The town took a while to decide on allocating matching funds.^[4] The library officially opened on November 23, 1909.^[3] A children's annex was added to the building in 1929.^[5] In 2003 a new entryway and elevator were added for improved accessibility.^[5]

Rockingham Free Public Library
43.1308°N 72.4446°W / 43.1308; -72.4446
Location	Bellows Falls, Vermont
Established	November 23, 1909 (1909-11-23)
Architect(s)	McLean & Wright
Collection
Size	44,000 titles
Other information
Director	Ian Graham
Employees	nine
Website	rockinghamlibrary.org

Early history

Prior to this building being built, the Rockingham Free Public Library occupied a room in the lower floor of the town's opera house.^[3] Before that, there was a subscription library founded on October 28, 1799, as the Rockingham Library Society.^[3] The book collection moved around town occupying a room in the town's first high school, and a local drug store.^[4]: 596 The town's first public library card was issued in 1888.^[6]