Scoville Library

Scoville Memorial Library
LocationMain St., Salisbury, Connecticut
Coordinates41°58′51″N 73°25′23″W / 41.98083°N 73.42306°W / 41.98083; -73.42306
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1894 (1894)
ArchitectStone, Carpenter & Willson
Architectural styleRomanesque
Part ofSalisbury Center Historic District (ID97001115)
NRHP reference No.82004473
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 29, 1982
Designated CPSeptember 11, 1997

Scoville Memorial Library is the public library of Salisbury, Connecticut. Established in 1803, it was the first in the United States open to the public free of charge. It is located at 38 Main Street, in an architecturally distinguished Romanesque 1894 building donated by Jonathan Scoville, a local philanthropist. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.