Lincoln Public Library (Lincoln, Massachusetts)

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 Second Empire 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.

Lincoln Public Library
Lincoln Public Library in 2009
Location	Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States of America
Type	Public Library
Established	1851
Branches	1
Access and use
Population served	6,400 (2010 census)
Other information
Website	https://www.lincolnpl.org/

References edit

^ Carroll, William F (December 2003). "Archives/Special Collections: Tarbell Family Collection" (PDF). Lincoln Public Library. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
^ Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, (1899), p. 200
^ Lincoln, Lincoln Historical Society, (2003) p. 31
^ "Library History & Building". Lincoln Public Library. Retrieved August 22, 2022.