Bennington Free Library

The library was established in 1865, by Trenor W. Park and Seth B. Hunt, on the corner of Main and Silver Streets.^[1][2] Originally, and costing in total 10,000 USD, a room was "fitted up as a library" on the second floor of the as yet unfinished building.^[3] The Town of Bennington then, in 1897, voted to appropriate funds towards making library materials available free of charge.

In 1936 a new library was constructed adjacent to the original, and donated in memory of Park by his son.^[4] The architect for the 1936 library was Herbert Turner.^[4] In the late 1980s, the library went through significant renovations, including the construction of a bridge between the nineteenth and twentieth century buildings.^[5]

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