OUR
HISTORY
The Brownfield Public Library was established by “The Ladies of Center
Village” in 1897,
with
a mission to “maintain a public library in the Town of Brownfield and
to work for the interest of literary culture among the people of the
town.” Until recently, the library consisted of a 16’ X 36’, one room
building, which replaced the original building that was destroyed in
“the great forest fire” of 1947. In 1949-50 a group of Quakers rebuilt
what is now the front half of the library.
Trustees
and residents built the back half in the 1960’s.
The
building was relocated on June 13, 2004 to a new lot closer to the
center of Brownfield Village (between the Fire House and the Village
Green), and construction began on an addition.
After
over a year of work, the building was ready for it's Grand Opening on
August 13th, 2005.