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| ZADOC LONG FREE LIBRARY | | 5 Turner Street, PO Box 158 | | Buckfield, ME 04220 | | Phone : 207-336-2171 | | The Zadoc Long Free Library was a gift to the people of Buckfield by Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long and built as a memorial to his father and mother, Zadoc Long and Julia Temple Davis. John had thought often of providing a library for his native town of Buckfield and in the summer of 1900 he formulated definite plans for the realization of his contemplated project. He enlisted the help of his friend and Architect John Calvin Stevens to design the building. The following year the building was erected and Mr. Long and his relatives liberally supplied it with books, some of which will soon be in a special collection at the library. The library was dedicated at the "Old Church on the Hill" during Buckfield's Old Home Week on August 17, 1901. The Library houses many interesting items, some being "The King's Arm" a musket used during the French and Indian War and has been fired every 4th of July since the news of The Declaration of Independence reach Pembroke, Massachusetts; A Cival War Drum; and Portraits of the Long Family. The library is currently in the proccess of archiving many items of historical signifigance including Long Family documents, 23rd Maine Regimental records, a Special Collection of Books that were originally donated by the Long Family, as well as other documents of local history. | | SEND ENQUIRY VISIT WEBSITE ADD A REVIEW |
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