Hancock and Professor Kinsley urged members of the 1894 graduation class of the local schools to each purchase one book for a library. This allowed adults access to read magazines and newspapers, write letters and meet friends. Simonds started a Reading Room in the Fall of 1864 for a fee of $5/year. Both of these additions greatly expanded the public use areas of the library. A children’s room was added in 1964 and another wing was added for the adult collection in 1978. The original structure was built in 1849 as a residence and required extensive renovations in 1921 to make it suitable for library use. Summer travels can lead you to places with mysterious pasts, campfires were made for telling ghost stories, thunderstorms abound, and even the most charming B&B can make strange noises in the night.The Franklin Public Library was founded in 1894 and has had several homes, although its current location on Twelfth Street has been its home since 1921. Shivers in the summer heat Everyone connects horror and Halloween, but summer is the perfect time to give yourself a fright.in the library’s first-floor Community Room for our Preschool Drive-In! Children 2-5 Read More Posted by Martha Liu Preschool Drive-In Join us on Monday, Aug. August top 5 for under 5 We invite you to check out this month’s PPL Youth Services recommendations for activities, resources and new books in the library collection for children up to five years old and their families.Keeping TABs: a teen-led passion project As the teen services librarian, when several of our Teen Advisory Board members approached me during the 2020 lockdown wanting to start a podcast interviewing their favorite authors, my initial response was, “Let’s do it!” After saying, yes, the realization that I had no idea what it took to run a podcast or edit one Read More Posted by Marissa Warren.
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