Honan-Allston Branch

About Honan-Allston Branch

Special Features

• Study carrels in the adult reading area
• Large Rita M. DiGesse community room with baby grand piano
• Private study room and conference room
• Art gallery for exhibitions by local artists

History

• Using horse-drawn carriages, a delivery station in Frank Howe’s drugstore at 26 Franklin Street first provided library service to Allston in 1889.
• In 1905, the Allston Reading Room opened at 354 Cambridge Street and became a full-service branch in 1924. The branch moved to 161 Harvard Avenue in 1929 and was closed following statewide budget cuts in 1981.
• The current location opened on June 16, 2001, designed by Machado & Silvetti Associates, Inc.
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