Greenville Public Library (Rhode Island) Explained

Library Name:Greenville Public Library
Country:United States of America
Type:Public Library
Location:Village of Greenville in Smithfield, Rhode Island
Coordinates:41.8711°N -71.5492°W
Num Branches:1
Collection Size:115,574
Annual Circulation:151,307
Pop Served:21,000
Website:http://www.yourlibrary.ws/
Phone Num:401-949-3630

Greenville Public Library is a public library at 573 Putnam Pike in the village of Greenville in the town of Smithfield, Rhode Island directly across from the William Winsor School.

History

The Greenville Public Library was founded in 1882 and was originally located on the Greenville Common near St. Thomas Church and Greenville Baptist Church and served Smithfield and the surrounding towns. In 1883 William Winsor, one of the original Library incorporators, donated the library collection of the Lapham Institute, a former Free Baptist school founded in 1839, to the Greenville Public Library.[1] [2] [3] In 1956 the library moved up the hill from its original downtown Greenville location into a new building onto which two large additions were constructed in the late twentieth century.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Island, Rhode . At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Begun and Holden, ... at ... Within and for the Said State, on ..., in the Year of Our Lord ... . 1881 . Henry Ward, Secretary . en.
  2. Book: Education, Rhode Island Board of . Annual Report of the Board of Education, Together with the ... Annual Report of the Commissioner of Public Schools of Rhode Island . 1901 . Providence Press Company, Printers to the State . en.
  3. Web site: Home . yourlibrary.ws.
  4. Annual Report 2014-2015 http://www.yourlibrary.ws/AnnualReports/Annual%20report%202015.pdf