With all of this chatter about the New Fairfield library lately, it seemed only appropriate to make it the focus of this week's Throwback Thursday.
A group of men who called themselves the Sons of New Fairfield originated the idea of establishing a library. Money they raised at their annual clambakes held at Adam's Grove by Ball Pond was used to form a building fund. At a town meeting in March 1897 the New Fairfield Free Public Library was established. Until 1960 the library was a small room in the Town Hall. In April 1960 the library opened in what was formerly the Congregational Church. That building still houses the Community Room and the Historical Society. In 1975 an addition was added to make the library the building it is today. Currently money is being raised to make renovations to the library that would make the building ADA compliant and meet current building codes.
