Beal Memorial Library
50 Pleasant Street
Winchendon, MA 01475
Email: bealsmemoriallibrary@gmail.com
Website: https://www.bealslibrary.org/
Once I started up the stairs, I saw I needed to enter on the side.
I visited this library on April 27, 2024, the same day I went to Ashby Free Public Library. The reference / checkout area was a large round desk surrounded by four rooms and two hallways. The employees were very busy so I didn't ask questions. One thing I noticed was the ceiling fan was keeping us cool. I'm showing seven of the surrounding rooms.
The Library flyer stated that this library was built in 1913 with a $50,000 donation from Charles Beals in memory of his wife, parents and siblings." The population in this town is about 10,000.
At some point, I inquired about their genealogy section and I was taken to the basement. I find it more interesting if I have an ancestor to research, but unfortunately I didn't have anybody to look up. I'm showing what I thought other genealogists would be interested in. Lots of shelved filled with old genealogy / history books in a very dusty basement. If you locate your family, you are in for a treat.
I love old card catalogues. I don't know if they still use them because they have the internet
I only hope employees were able to locate what they were looking for.
Then an employee brought me up to the third floor where I saw a large meeting room and several small private ones.
This staircase was lovely, but another one wasn't as nice.
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A side view from a Library window.
