Library Name: | Lincoln Public Library |
Country: | United States of America |
Type: | Public Library |
Established: | 1851 |
Location: | Lincoln, Massachusetts |
Num Branches: | 1 |
Pop Served: | 6,400 (2010 census) |
Website: | https://www.lincolnpl.org/ |
Phone Num: | (978) 897-8572 |
Lincoln Public Library is a public library at 3 Bedford Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The library collection began in the late 1700s with a private subscription library started by Reverend Charles Stearns,[1] and later a donation by Eliza Farrar of her husband, Professor John Farrar's library collection.[2] In 1884, George Grosvenor Tarbell, a Boston businessman, donated funds to construct the current Queen Anne style building of reddish Longmeadow freestone, which was designed by the architect, William G. Preston.[3] Large additions to the library were constructed in the 1950s and 1980s. The library is part of the Minuteman Library Network.[4] It is a contributing property in the Lincoln Center Historic District.