I'm dedicating this post to our recently-retired librarian friend, Joan.
I wanted her to see our beautiful library. It was built in the early 1900s, in part with a $3,400 donation from industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It was one of 2,509 libraries his vast fortune helped establish throughout the English-speaking world, with 1,679 of them built in the United States.
OK kids, today's history lesson is over.
My husband referred to the library on his blog yesterday and I decided to show it off.
Photo credit: Kathi Gordon
8 comments:
That's a library? I thought it was a "Stately Mansion". If it is as beautiful on the inside (and Homer's post seemed to indicate that it was) I certainly would want to spend lots of time there!
I am most honored to have a post dedicated to me so thank you! And a big thanks for the photo although now I am even more envious of the library staff who get to work there. Most of our libraries look like cookie-cuttered square brick or stucco boxes with no character whatsoever.
glad you guys got to see a piece of southern CT.!
It's beautiful!
thanks, Sari
it is lovely. i love libraries! thanks for sharing (and commenting!)
smiles, bee
i know that library very well!
Allegra, do you really?
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