Library Name: | Patten Free Library |
Country: | United States |
Type: | Public |
Established: | 1847 |
Location: | Bath, Maine |
Collection Size: | 56,000 |
Annual Circulation: | 150,000 |
Pop Served: | 17,148 |
Budget: | $655,496 |
Director: | Lesley Dolinger |
Num Employees: | 24 |
The Patten Free Library is a public library in Bath, Maine, United States. It also serves the communities of Arrowsic, Georgetown, West Bath, and Woolwich.
The Patten Library Association was founded in 1847.[1] In 1887, Galen C. Moses donated $10,000 to fund a building for the library.[2] The original building was designed by George Edward Harding, and was finished in 1890. New wings were built in 1961 and 1998.[3]