The Kirkland Town Library is located at 55 1⁄2 College St., Clinton, New York. It was founded in 1901, with a modest 1,000 volumes,[1] donated by the closed Houghton Seminary, and occupies what was originally the Sigma Phi fraternity house at Hamilton College. Elihu Root, a Hamilton alumnus and native of Clinton, at the time Secretary of War under President McKinley, was instrumental in helping the library get started.
| Kirkland Town Library | |
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| 43°2′52″N 75°23′3.5″W / 43.04778°N 75.384306°W | |
| Location | Clinton, Oneida County, New York, USA |
| Established | 1901 |
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| Website | www |
The Kirkland Art Center (1960–1966) and the Clinton Historical Society (1966–1993) housed their collections on the second floor of the library building,[2] but both have since been relocated to repurposed church buildings on the Clinton Green.
The Library is a member of the Mid-York Library System. In 2013, the library had 71,552 visits, 100,657 circulated items, and 5,500 answered reference questions.
References
edit- ^ Cittadino, Faye; Cittadino, Frank (September 7, 2023). Clinton and the Town of Kirkland. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia. p. 17. ISBN 9780738576800.
- ^ Foley, Annette; Menard, John; Dupont, David (1993). Searles, George (ed.). Glancing Back at Clinton and Neighboring Communities "the way it used to be". Clinton Central School District Foundation. p. 36. ISBN 1879511134.
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