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About
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Springvale
Public
Library
History
The Springvale Public Library began as the Springvale Literary Club in
May 1906. Members paid $1.00 a year to belong. When a total
of $107 was collected, the club bought some books and deposited them in
the store of Frank H. Dexter. Mr. Dexter was hired as librarian
with a salary of $15.00 per year. On July 15, 1907 the Club
turned over its money to the newly formed Springvale Library
Association. Mrs. Angelette (Angie) Gile began her 31 year tenure
as librarian in July 1921. In 1927, the library was incorporated
as the Springvale Public Library Association and moved to its new
quarters on the second floor of the Springvale National Bank
building. In January 1934, the library moved to the Bradford
Block on Main Street, because the rent was somewhat less. On June
9, 1938, after several years of fundraising, the Association purchased
the Charles H. Frost house on Main Street and converted it to a
library. A beautiful adult reading room was added on the second
floor in 1958 and a children's library, also on the second floor, in
1962. The genealogy room was officially opened in 1982 after
bookcases were added in the second floor reading room. 1000
volumes of Maine history and genealogy, many of them donations, were
added to this room. With funds received from the L. Orlo Williams
estate, the library underwent a major renovation and expansion in
2000. In May of that year, the library moved to temporary
quarters in the Anderson Learning Center until the library project was
completed in August 2001.
The
Bell
The bell from the Jagger Mill has been given to the Library and has
found a home on the patio outside the Children's Room. It was
first hung in 1841 and was used to toll the hours from 9 in the evening
to 4 in the morning for the villagers of Springvale. It was also
used in conjunction with the bells of the Baptist and Free Baptist
churches as the village alarm.
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