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The Life From The Roots blog topics have changed several times since I began this blog in 2009. I initially wrote only about the family history I had been working on for 20 years. Years later, I was into visiting gardens, historical homes, churches, libraries that had genealogical collections, historical societies, war memorials, and travel/tourism places. I also enjoy posting autographs and photos of famous people I've met or have seen.

Along with my New England roots, other areas include New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada.

Please check out the labels on the right side for topics (please note, they need work). Below the labels and pageviews is a listing of my top nine posts, according to Google. Four of them pertain to Lowell, MA. These posts change often because they are based on what people are reading.

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Gilmanton, New Hampshire Library Revisited -- It Was Worth The Trip


When I posted a short article about the Gilmanton Library located in Gilmanton, New Hampshire last fall, I mentioned that I couldn't get in because it was closed that day. However, I loved the barn building and wanted to return. A few days later, I received a message from a reader, an executive for a genealogy software company stating that his wife's uncle was the architect and that he, my reader had never seen interior photos. I told him, I would return and take photos for him and for all of us to see this unique barn library. From Wikipedia, I found this tidbit of news, "The town became well known in the 1950s after it was rumored that the popular novel Peyton Place, written by resident Grace Metalious, was based on the town."

Love that the library sits on all this land!
Red doors open and you can see through the library to the back of the building.
Front entrance (above and below).

From back glass panes looking towards the front.
Looking out the back window (above and below)

Reference desk is to the left. See the owl?
Reading area, above and below.

Children's Room.
Below are three photos of the loft, a quiet place to meet and study.



New Hampshire Preservation Alliance

2009 Preservation Achievement Award

presented to
Gilmanton Year Round Library Association
for
outstanding revitalization of a 1790 barn
(Note: the barn was moved from Hampton, N.H.)
A diagram of the library layout posted on their bulletin board.
Views from the back, oh so perfect.


Thank you, Jim Falardeau and Tom Gosselin for giving me the thrill to see your beautiful work and share my photos on this blog.