Salem Athenaeum

The Salem Athenaeum, founded in 1810, is one of the oldest membership libraries in the United States.

The Athenaeum is located at 337 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts in the McIntire Historic District.

They are currently raising funds to make the building more accessible to meet modern library standards.

The combined collections included books from the United States and England and other parts of Europe.

Between 1885 and 1947, Miss Alice Homans Osborne served as appointed librarian of the Salem Athenaeum after graduating from high school.

Location of the Salem Athenaeum since 1907, a Federal style building on Essex Street
Plummer Hall, formerly Salem Athenaeum before sold in 1905 to the Essex Institute