Nashua Public Library

The Nashua Public Library is the public library of Nashua, New Hampshire.History of Nashua Public LibraryIn 1867, the Nashua Public Library was established. It was located on the second floor of the County Records Building. The Union Athenaeum, a private reading club formed in 1851, and the holdings from the Nashua Manufacturing Company’s library were donated to the new public library.In March 1901, approval was given to start work on a new building for the library due to a donation from Mary A. and Mary E. Hunt. It was designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram in the Gothic Revival style. In 1903, two and a half years later, the Hunt Memorial Library was opened. It was named in memory of John M. Hunt.Chandler Memorial LibraryIn 1959, the Victorian home of Seth D. Chandler, a Nashua businessman, was left to the city, by his daughter Mabel Chandler, to serve as a branch library to the Nashua Public Library. The house was renovated and dedicated on October 10, 1960, as the Chandler Memorial Library. It served as the library’s Children’s Room and later as its ethnic center until closing its doors for budgetary reasons in July 2006.Present locationIn 1971, the library moved to its present location, a 57000sqft building at 2 Court Street. Funding for the library was provided by a gift from Eliot A. Carter, a local industrialist. The architect of the building was John Carter. The dedication ceremony took place on September 26, 1971.