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The Goodrich Memorial Library is a public library
Public library

A public library is a library which is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and may be operated by Civil services....
 in Newport
Newport (city), Vermont

Newport is a city in and the shire town of Orleans County, Vermont, Vermont, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 5,005....
, Orleans County
Orleans County, Vermont

Orleans County is one of the four northernmost county in the U.S. state of Vermont. It borders Canada. As of 2000, the population was 26,277. Its county seat is Newport , Vermont....
, Vermont
Vermont

Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....
. It is the largest and only one of two full time libraries in the county.

erse Goodhue Goodrich and his wife, Almira, donated money for the construction of a free library. The land was worth $6000, the building $20,000. Construction was started in 1898. It dedicated on September 1, 1899. Architect William Storey designed the building.

The stock used to fund the operations of the library failed during the depression in 1933.






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The Goodrich Memorial Library is a public library
Public library

A public library is a library which is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and may be operated by Civil services....
 in Newport
Newport (city), Vermont

Newport is a city in and the shire town of Orleans County, Vermont, Vermont, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 5,005....
, Orleans County
Orleans County, Vermont

Orleans County is one of the four northernmost county in the U.S. state of Vermont. It borders Canada. As of 2000, the population was 26,277. Its county seat is Newport , Vermont....
, Vermont
Vermont

Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....
. It is the largest and only one of two full time libraries in the county.

History

Converse Goodhue Goodrich and his wife, Almira, donated money for the construction of a free library. The land was worth $6000, the building $20,000. Construction was started in 1898. It dedicated on September 1, 1899. Architect William Storey designed the building.

The stock used to fund the operations of the library failed during the depression in 1933. This forced the library to enlist public support.

It opened with 6500 books.

In November 1983, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
.

Administration

The library budget for 2008 is $160,550. Newport city contributes $99,000 of this amount.

Facilities

There are fireplace
Fireplace

A fireplace is an architecture structure to contain a fire for heating and, especially historically, for cooking. A fire is contained in a Firebox or firepit; a chimney or other flue directs gas and particulate exhaust to escape....
s fashioned out of colored brick
Brick

A brick is a block of ceramic material used in masonry construction, usually laid using mortar ....
, rooms finished in red birch
Birch

Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae....
, Georgia pine, cypress
Cypress

Cypress is the name applied to many plants in the Pinophyta family Cupressaceae . Most plants which bear the common name cypress are in the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis, but several other genera in the family also carry the name, including:...
, native spruce
Spruce

A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea, a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal regions of the earth....
, Swanton marble
Marble

Marble is a nonfoliated metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite . It is extensively used for Marble sculpture, as a architecture material, and in many other applications....
, with furnishings in quartered oak
Oak

The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....
.

The upstairs hall consists of an art room, decorated more or less in period style, a long hall for meetings, an office, and a reading room. There are several old paintings on display in the art room, and a display case of postcard
Postcard

A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin Card stock intended for writing and mailing without an envelope and at a lower rate than a letter ....
s and paraphernalia from Newport's history.

Perhaps most noteworthy is the floor-to-ceiling wall of glass cases that house a variety of stuffed animals and natural curiosities. These include an alligator shot in Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
 in the 1900s, an ostrich
Ostrich

The ostrich Struthio camelus is a large flightless bird native to Africa . It is the only living species of its family , Struthionidae, and its genus, Struthio....
 egg, and a flying squirrel
Flying squirrel

The flying squirrels, scientifically known as Pteromyini or Petauristini, are a tribe of squirrels . There are 43 species in this tribe, the largest of which is the woolly flying squirrel ....
 found in Vermont. As they were originally preserved with mercury
Mercury (element)

Mercury , also called quicksilver or hydrargyrum , is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery d-block metal, mercury is one of six elements that are liquid at or near room temperature and pressure....
, they can only be handled and cared for by trained professionals.

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