NORFOLK LIBRARY

Norfolk, CT - Miss Isabella Eldridge established the Norfolk Library as a memorial to her parents, The Reverend Joseph and Sarah Battell Eldridge, and presented it to the town of Norfolk in 1889. Mr. George Keller of Hartford was the architect for the building which first opened on March 6, 1889. At the time it was built, the structure went no farther than the north-south corridor of alcoves. The Great Hall, additional stacks, and the back alcove, also designed by Keller, were added in 1911, again the gift of Isabella Eldridge. Architectural highlights include the exterior, made of Longmeadow stone on the first floor, and fish scale tile shingles on the second floor.

Excerpts from Norfolk Library website: www.norfolklibrary.org