North Smithfield Public Library Explained

Library Name:North Smithfield Public Library
Country:United States of America
Type:Public Library
Established:1931
Location:North Smithfield, Rhode Island
Coordinates:41.9998°N -71.5806°W
Num Branches:1
Collection Size:54,151
Annual Circulation:53,475
Pop Served:12,000
Budget:$435,452
Website:www.nspl.info/
Phone Num:(401) 767-2780

North Smithfield Public Library is a public library at 20 Main Street in the village of Slatersville in North Smithfield, Rhode Island. Part of the library is currently located in a renovated nineteenth-century stone mill building that was a mill store house for John Slater's nearby mill before it became the North Smithfield Public Library in 1966, and the library is adjacent to the Slatersville Reservoir.[1] [2] An extensive addition was added in the 1980s. The Library was originally founded in 1931 with the first branch in the Union Village school before eventually moving to Slatersville.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walking Tour . February 2016 . Blackstone Heritage Corridor, Inc . August 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220828160214/https://blackstoneheritagecorridor.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Slatersville-Walking-Tour.pdf . August 28, 2022.
  2. Web site: 1 Slatersville Reservoir . National Park Service . August 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170416041722/https://www.nps.gov/blrv/planyourvisit/1-slatersville-reservoir.htm . April 16, 2017.
  3. Walter Nebiker, The History of North Smithfield (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1976)