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Dobbs Ferry Public Library
- 55 Main St
- Dobbs Ferry, New York
- 10522-1697
- Phone: (914) 693-6614
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In 1899, the Dobbs Ferry Free Library and Reading Room was organized under the " Women's Christian. Temperance Union." The small collection of books gathered by the ladies was placed in the front parlor of a home on lower Main Street. Mrs. Pearse, the wife of the owner, acted as librarian. Situated in what was then the very center of town, she kept the library open every day, and allowed books to circulate for two weeks. In 1909 the library was granted and Association Charter by the State Board of Regents, as the Dobbs Ferry Free Library. It moved into the ground floor of 153 Main Street, which also housed the William McKinley Free Kindergarten on the top floor. Miss Louise Miller, the kindergarten teacher and her assistant ran the library during the afternoon and evening. Col. Franklin Q. Brown, Library board President and benefactor for many years, and his wife Ida Eldridge Brown gave the library use of the building, at 153 Main Street, rent-free.