Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

In March 1856, the town approved the creation of a public library to be supported by local taxation.

A committee was appointed and by the summer of 1856, the public library opened on the first floor of the old Town House.

[1] In 1868, Cyrus Wakefield, the namesake of the future town, donated a house to be used by the city.

After many failed attempts, a committee met in 1916 to buy land for a new library building in the downtown district.

The committee agreed to buy land on the corner of Main and Avon Streets.

There is also a large reading room adorned with medallions that pay homage to literary giants such as Homer, Cicero, Shakespeare, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.