The library Children’s Room, emptied of books and furniture, with carpeting removed for the floors to be refinished, will contain some of the adult collection and reading areas.
The library Children’s Room, emptied of books and furniture, with carpeting removed for the floors to be refinished, will contain some of the adult collection and reading areas.Bookcases in the library’s Adult Room have been emptied and moved to reveal the wood floor underneath, which will be refinished after the rug is removed. Shelving will be repurposed and the room used for some of the adult collection and seating.A bat skeleton found in the library as it was being emptied to prepare for floors to be refinished prior to moving the office and children’s collection into the new addition.A bookcase that held the library’s Vermont collection is being handed down to library Trustee Solomon Lew as the balcony is being cleared out to prepare for the move to the new addition as it is nearing completion.A view through the open door of the library into the empty computer area highlights the similarity between the colors of the stained glass windows and the siding of the library’s new addition. After moving into the library’s new addition, the main entrance will be through the arched entrance of the new granite facade on West Church Street.The library’s new addition is filled with boxed books, moved out of the original 1896 library, as the floors are being refinished in preparation for the library’s expansion into the new addition and reconfiguration.The upstairs balcony area of the original library has been cleared out to prepare for its floors to be refinished as the library’s new addition nears completion.The original library’s circular stairs leading to the upstairs balcony area have been sanded to prepare for their refinishing.
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