An ever-expanding circulation meant two additions were built. They added a children’s reading room in the basement and became a free service.
After five moves to different buildings around Franklin’s downtown, they finally settled into the 12th Street spot in 1922.įrom there, the library started expanding its services and reach. It was started in 1894 as an adult-focused, reading-orientated paid service that cost $1 per year. The journey to get to this mission is as storied as the library itself. “We want to be the community hub… pathway to get you where you need to go.” “We are looking to not be associated with the word book but (instead) the word community,” said branch manager Zoe Oakes. (Article contributed by Jill Harry and Richard Sayer of Eight and 322) – Moving into the start of its second century on 12th Street, the Franklin Public Library is working to turn the page on how people define the word library.