Manchester By-The-Sea Library

A library
by
the
sea
This quaint and lovely library is actually in a town really called Manchester By-​The-​Sea. I guess they really wanted every to know that the town is indeed right on the ocean.
The library was completed in 1887 and is built from New England ashlar stone. Designed by the famous New York architect, Charles Makim, it is a wonderful and lovely library that has hardly changed during the decades.
A children’s room was added in 1965 and some renovations done in 2005 to bring it into the 21^st century, but most of the library still looks, feels and probably even smells like it did when it was built.
A relatively small library, it’s certainly not a place to find some obscure tome or do some serious research. It is a great place to relax and enjoy the anachronistic ambiance and décor. All kinds of cool paintings, sculptures, lighting and woodwork all over the place.
Everyone here is friendly and talkative and it’s as much as a meeting house as it is a library. Small, cramped, and difficult to walk in places upstairs, there are books and stuff placed where ever there is room. A very, very cool and unique library, one that seems so right for a quaint and odd little town called Manchester By-​The-​Sea.