The Belmont Public Library is a

public library A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants. There are ...

in Belmont, Massachusetts. It is a member of the

Minuteman Library Network The Minuteman Library Network (MLN), founded in 1984, is a consortium of 41 public and academic libraries in the MetroWest and southern Middlesex County areas of eastern Massachusetts, US that share resources, patrons and services. The Network ha ...

. It is located on Concord Avenue near Belmont Center.

Buildings

The library has been housed in three buildings. Originally, it was housed in the Belmont Town Hall, designed by architects

Hartwell and Richardson Hartwell and Richardson was a Boston, Massachusetts architectural firm established in 1881, by Henry Walker Hartwell (1833–1919) and William Cummings Richardson (1854–1935). The firm contributed significantly to the current building stock and ...

and completed in 1881. In 1902, a new facility was donated by Henry Oliver Underwood and opened in 1902. The building is on Pleasant Street and now serves as the School Administration Building. In 1965, the Belmont Memorial Library on Concord Avenue was opened.

Administration

The current library director is Peter Struzziero. Retrieved 05-22-2010

References

External links

* http://www.belmont.lib.ma.us/ Public libraries in Massachusetts Libraries in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Belmont, Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-struct-stub