Balconies stain glass…read moreand gargoyles The Merrick Library was opened in 1884 with money donated by William Banister and Pliny Merrick. The land that the library sits on was donated by Nancy Felton. The library is still a lovely and very cool place. Actually pretty small, it's one of those old buildings that look larger from the outside because back then aesthetics were as important as volume and libraries were more than just a place to hold books. The library definitely looks cool from the outside, with it's peaked and slate roof, rough sandstone blocks, to the really cool gargoyle rain spouts. The inside is also pretty amazing with intricate stain glass windows and a unique if somewhat cramped balcony. All kinds of interesting stuff inside like the original grandfather watchman clock, globe and antiques. A wonderful library that has a feel all it's own and typifies how libraries use to be built. A building to enjoy, admire and appreciate and not just a place to keep the books dry in the bad weather.

Very supportive, knowledgeable staff computers available, children's room plus nice section of…read morebooks. Very cool.comfortable cozy chair's.

Sandstone High schools…read moreand towers The Gale Free Library is a stunning and amazing building indeed. The building is actually called The Damon Memorial Building and until 1926 housed both the high school and the library. The high school received it's own building and the Gale Library took over the entire building. The library is made of lovely granite from local quarries with brown sandstone trim and the roof is black and red slate from the state of Maine. The library was designed by the famous Boston architect Stephen Earle in the Romanesque Revival Style and even includes a clock tower. The money for the library was donated by Sam and Susan Damon Gale and was opened in 1888. This was the great era of library building and the inside is as impressive as the outside. A stunning and wonderful building, libraries like this will never be built again.

Perhaps I miss understood the situation. I only relaying what my son told me. I believe may be the…read moreday that she asked him to go elsewhere to read perhaps it was busy, which would explain asking him to go to a more private area. We still go here in the librarians have been great event tolerated my sometimes noisy baby in the play area.

Very nice and cozy library. good variety and beautiful architecture and historical building.read more

Nice library in a historic building. Very helpful staff. May not be as modern as some of the…read morenew libraries in other towns. But, this is still a great library. Nice evening programs too.

Very nice small town library, friendly people dedicated to keeping the library alive. I can't…read moreimagine complaining about a local library since most towns don't even have one but I had to respond since the main review complains about being called too many times.

Comically inefficient. A person named Matthew, either a volunteer or employee, repeatedly calls…read moreand e-mails me about an issue that was resolved a month ago. Apparently Matthew listens to a month-old voicemail message day after day, and falsely believes it is a new voicemail message each day. He then responds to the "new" voicemail message by contacting me to tell me the same thing he's told me multiple times and that has been resolved. It's like a "Groundhog Day" time loop which would be comical if it wasn't a complete waste of time and money. Taxpayers pay for the library. I contacted the director, Sharon Sharry, who didn't address the issue but rather relied on Matthew's delusions in defending him and her inefficient library.

Personal help finding things. Kind and experienced staff is super helpful. They reserved a book…read moreat another library and it was sent to Lilly library for me to check out. -For my book club. Computers available. Love the free Summer concerts just steps away on Thursdays.

From the owner: Lilly Library serves traditional and modern library user's needs. Come check out books, movies,…read moremusic, magazines & more. We also have ebooks and digital audiobooks available on our digital catalog. Find out about storytimes, book clubs for new readers, teens, and mystery lovers, as well as movie show times and other exciting programming on our website.

So grateful to have such an inclusive and welcoming library nearby. It's always clean and it's…read moreevident the workers care about their environment.

What happened to our once great Library? It went woke and I will never bring my kids there again…read more During a trip there searching for a first words book for our 2 year old who was having speech difficulties, we found a few books on sex and gender right next to a first words book on the end cap. This is absolutely attempting to groom children for an agenda. I do not expect to see these kinds of books in The Children's room of the public library. These belong upstairs for older kids who have questions about sex and gender. I also find that any adult looking to talk to a toddler about sex and gender to be disturbed.

Granite clocks and…read morebells The Princeton library is simply amazing. Not just impressive or kind of cool but just amazing. Difficult to come up with the proper adjectives to describe this library, especially consider what an itty, bitty little town Princeton is. The library's beginning was in 1884 when the generous and obviously very wealthy Edward Goodnow gave some money to have a library built. Actually Goodnow wanted a building built to be part library and part school. Another school for the kids was built around 1900 so the library took over the entire building. And what a building it is. Made of rose tinted granite and framed by brownstone, the building includes a huge clock tower with a thousand pound bell that still rings out every single hour. The site was selected because it had a great view and the library is indeed an imposing and stunning sight as you enter into the very, small town of Princeton. Once inside it just gets better. An incredible spiral staircase, the only one I have ever seen in a library is just the start. Lovely stained glass, great old pictures and some wonderful antique furniture is scattered about along with great wooden shelves and doors. Had to describe a library this wonderful. What made it even better were the two sweet and friendly librarians that took the time the tell us all about the incredible library that they were so proud of. I don't know if any library can ever be called perfect for everybody. But the stunning library in the tiny town of Princeton is as close to perfect as I've yet seen.

Two lane main street ~ twenty m.p.h. No traffic lights ~…read moreexcept one blinking yellow.  Sidewalks welcome feet.  Waves and hello's from all. A small town,  full of friendly down-to-earth people. It's my hometown where I can leave my doors unlocked at night, and still feel safe and sound.

I have no idea if the library is open to the public, but it was certainly open for me. I was here…read morefor three hours this afternoon where I found a study carrel and was able to spread out two laptops and get some work done. This is definitely a "quiet" space. I got shushed once and had to move to another place for a Zoom meeting even though I was not loud at all. Okay, I get it. Street parking nearby is metered only unless you have a Smith College parking pass. [Review 18427 overall - 1145 in Massachusetts - 1949 of 2022.]

Having completed my Masters here at Smith College I spent the better part of my summers either…read morestudying here or napping...usually napping. This library is a great place to study and the overall atmosphere is great. The staff is extremely polite and helpful and the study areas are built for long haul sessions. Overall, I have spent a lot of time here as well as the UMASS library and I have to say that this one holds a special place in my heart.