Middleborough Public Library

Window
to the
world
The very first library in Middleborough was founded in 1875 when a small number of books were dumped in an unsued part of the town hall. The library proved to be a huge success for the book hungry town and by 1885 the library had almost 4,000 volumes to loan out to it’s citizens.
It was becoming increasingly obvious that a much larger and more permanent place was needed for a library but money and space were limited. However just when the town thought it would never be able to afford a real library a very generous and wealthy individual named Tom Peirce donated a then staggering sum of 50,000 dollars for a library.
The town wasted no time and a lovely stone building was constructed and the books moved in with lots of pomp and ceremony. The library continued to change throughout the decades, adding more books and electronic devices to keep it up to date. Finally in 1992 the library underwent a huge modernization and took the motto, «Window to the World».
The library is not only impressive on the outside with the statue of Mr Peirce to greet people, but the inside is just filled with cool antiques, plants, several fireplaces, paintings, works of art and strange little nooks and corners to explore. A very interesting and stimulating library to just walk around and look.
One of the friendliest and coolest libraries that I have been in. A place that does just about everything right and is indeed a window to the world as well as a glimpse into the past.