Beautiful building inside and out , built in 1854 . interesting architecture . It's not a library of leisure books, but that of records of various things such as historic documents, law, court records, Public records, land records, genealogy , you can look up your family tree here especially if your a CT resident , they have archives and archives of records very neatly organized, very clean building , metal detectors and security guard(s) . You can also find various test exams manuals here. Getting a library card is easy, just file out a simple application and have I.D. You can find the rights and claim of citizens, and the history of Connecticut and its people . Free wifi. computers access , book scanner . Parking is on street, parking meter . The gated parking lot is for employees. Nice staff members. They also have a museum in the building that closes 1 hour earlier than library read more