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| HAMLIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUM | | 16 Hannibal Hamlin Dr | | South Paris, ME 04281 | | Phone : 207-743-2980 | | The small granite building that now houses the Hamlin Memorial Library was built in 1822 to house the Oxford County Jail. The jail, the jailer's house next door, the County Courthouse and the Registry of Deeds, now private homes, continued to operate as county government buildings until the 1890's, when the County Seat was moved to South Paris to be near the train station.Dr. Augustus Choate Hamlin, a nephew of Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President during Lincoln's first term, purchased the old jail, and in 1902 deeded it to the Paris Hill Library Association to be a library and museum. The downstairs now serves as a library and the upstairs as a museum. The museum has on display items belonging to the Hamlin family, (Hannibal Hamlin was born in the house next door to the library,) old jail artifacts, as well as items of historical interest donated by Paris Hill families throughout the century. | | SEND ENQUIRY VISIT WEBSITE ADD A REVIEW |
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