- Goodrich Memorial Library
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name = Goodrich Memorial Library
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locator_x = 208
locator_y = 25
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location = Newport,Vermont USA
lat_degrees = 44
lat_minutes = 56
lat_seconds = 9.24
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 72
long_minutes = 12
long_seconds = 37.44
long_direction = W
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architect = William Storey
architecture = Romanesque, Queen Anne
built = 1899
added =November 23 ,1983
refnum = 83004228cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/VT/Orleans/state.html|title=National Register of Historical Places - VERMONT (VT), Orleans County|date=2007-02-07|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
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governing_body =The Goodrich Memorial Library is a
public library in Newport, Orleans County,Vermont . It is the largest and only one of two fulltime libraries in the county.History
Converse Goodhue Goodrich and his wife, Almira donated money for the construction of a free library. The land was worth $6000, the building $20,000. Construction was started in 1898. It dedicated on September 1, 1899. [http://www.goodrichlibrary.org/history.htm History of the Goodrich Library] ] Architect William Storey designed the building. [ [http://www.vmga.org/essex/goodrich.html The Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance] ]
The stock used to fund the operations of the library failed during the depression in 1933. This forced the library to enlist public support. [http://www.goodrichlibrary.org/history.htm History of the Goodrich Library] ]
It opened with 6500 books. [http://www.goodrichlibrary.org/history.htm History of the Goodrich Library] ]
In November 1983, it was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places . [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/VT/Orleans/state.html National Register of Historic Places] ]Administration
The library budget for 2008 is $160,550. Newport city contributes $99,000 of this amount.cite book | author = |title = Annual City & School Report, City of Newport, Vermont | publisher = Memphremagog Press, Inc., Newport, Vermont | year = 2007]
Facilities
There are fireplaces fashioned out of colored brick, rooms finished in red birch, Georgia pine, Cypress, native spruce, Swanton marble, with furnishings in quartered oak. [http://www.goodrichlibrary.org/history.htm History of the Goodrich Library] ]
The upstairs hall consists of a art room, decorated more or less in period style, a long hall for meetings, an office, and a young adult library. There are several old paintings on display in the art room, and a display case of postcards and paraphenalia from Newport's history.
Perhaps most noteworthy is the floor-to-ceiling wall of glass cases that house a variety of stuffed animals and natural curiosities. These include an alligator shot in Florida in the 1900s, an ostrich egg, and a flying squirrel found in Vermont. As they were originally preserved with mercury, they can only be handled and cared for by trained professionals. [http://www.goodrichlibrary.org/history.htm History of the Goodrich Library] ]
Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.goodrichlibrary.org Goodrich Library Library Website]
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