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Grafton's first public library opened in 1956 and was established by a commission of community organizations, including churches, the Lion's Club, and the women's club. In 1989, the library moved to its current building, the USS Liberty Memorial Public Library.
The Town of Grafton is a town located in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States, and is in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The town was created in 1846 and at the time of the 2020 Census had a population of 4,157. Grafton is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan. German and Irish immigrants first settled in Grafton in the 1840s.
Grafton Public Library (Grafton, Vermont), listed on the National Register of Historic Places This page was last edited on 28 December 2018, at 15:02 (UTC). ...
Grafton Public Library is located in Grafton, Massachusetts. The building was built in 1927 with money donated by Jerome Wheelock, a local inventor. The 2009 population estimate is over 17,700. GPL belongs to Massachusetts Library System (MLS) and Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing, Inc. (C/W MARS).
The library is located on the south side of Main Street, in the eastern part of Grafton's village center. It is in a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame house, with a gable roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. It is roughly rectangular, set parallel to the street, with a five bay facade that has an entrance at its center.
Wheelock married Lydia Ann Robinson in 1858 and had 2 sons, Harvey and Herbert. He died in Worcester in 1902. His will left $100,000 to build a town hall or library, some of which funds went to build the Grafton Public Library in 1927. [3] He also gave $100,000 to erect a bronze statue of himself, which still stands in Grafton today.
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