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{{Infobox NRHP|nocat=1<br />
| name = Goodrich Memorial Library<br />
| image = Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, VT.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| nrhp_type = nrhp<br />
| location = 202 Main St., [[Newport (city), Vermont|Newport]], [[Vermont]] {{USA}}<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|44|56|9.24|N|72|12|37.44|W|display=inline,title}}<br />
| area = <br />
| architect = William Storey<br />
| architecture = [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]], [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne]]<br />
| built = {{start date|1899}}<br />
| added = November 23, 1983 <br />
| refnum = 83004228<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref><br />
| nrhp_type2 = indcp<br />
| designated_nrhp_type2 = September 28, 2006<br />
| partof = [[Newport Downtown Historic District (Newport, Vermont)|Newport Downtown Historic District]]<br />
| partof_refnum = 06000898<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Goodrich Memorial Library''' is a [[public library]] in [[Newport (city), Vermont|Newport]], [[Orleans County, Vermont|Orleans County]], [[Vermont]]. It is the largest and only one of two full-time libraries in the county. It is located at 202 Main Street in downtown Newport, in a Romanesque building constructed in 1899.<br />
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==History==<br />
Converse Goodhue Goodrich and his wife, Almira, donated money for the construction of a free library. The land was worth $6000, the building $20,000. Construction was started in 1898. It dedicated on September 1, 1899.<ref name="goodh">[https://www.goodrichlibrary.org/history.htm History of the Goodrich Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029115342/https://www.goodrichlibrary.org/history.htm |date=2012-10-29 }}</ref> Architect William Storey designed the building.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vmga.org/essex/goodrich.html|title=The Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance|website=vmga.org|access-date=2008-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509124620/https://www.vmga.org/essex/goodrich.html|archive-date=2008-05-09|url-status=usurped}}</ref><br />
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The stock used to fund the operations of the library failed during the depression in 1933. This forced the library to enlist public support.<ref name="goodh"/><br />
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It opened with 6500 books.<ref name="goodh"/><br />
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In November 1983, it was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris"/><br />
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==Administration==<br />
The library budget for 2008 is $160,550. Newport city contributes $99,000 of this amount.<ref name="2007rpt">{{cite book |title = Annual City & School Report, City of Newport, Vermont | publisher = Memphremagog Press, Inc., Newport, Vermont | year = 2007}}</ref><br />
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==Facilities==<br />
[[File:GoodrichLibrary.JPG|thumb|left]]There are [[fireplace]]s fashioned of colored [[brick]], rooms finished in red [[birch]], [[Georgia pine]], [[cypress]], native [[spruce]], [[Swanton (town), Vermont|Swanton]] red [[marble]], with furnishings in quartered [[oak]].<ref name="goodh"/><br />
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The upstairs hall consists of an art room, decorated more or less in period style, a long hall for meetings, an office, and a reading room. There are several old paintings on display in the art room, and a display case of [[postcard]]s and paraphernalia from Newport's history.<br />
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Perhaps most noteworthy is the floor-to-ceiling wall of glass cases that house a variety of stuffed animals and natural curiosities. These include an alligator shot in [[Florida]] in the 1900s, an [[ostrich]] egg, and a [[flying squirrel]] found in Vermont. As they were originally preserved with [[mercury (element)|mercury]], they can only be handled and cared for by trained professionals.<ref name="goodh"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont]]<br />
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==Footnotes==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [https://www.goodrichlibrary.org Goodrich Library]<br />
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[[Category:Public libraries in Vermont]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Newport (city), Vermont]]<br />
[[Category:Queen Anne architecture in Vermont]]<br />
[[Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont]]<br />
[[Category:Library buildings completed in 1899]]<br />
[[Category:Museums in Orleans County, Vermont]]<br />
[[Category:Natural history museums in Vermont]]<br />
[[Category:Romanesque Revival architecture in Vermont]]<br />
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