Special Features 

• World language collections in Chinese, French, Spanish and Vietnamese

History

• Library service in Lower Mills was first offered through a branch delivery post in 1875. Full branch services began in 1876 with a dedicated collection and expanded hours.
• In 1883, the branch moved into the vacated Blue Hills Bank building, and in 1936 an addition was opened. The current site of the Lower Mills Branch opened in 1981 on the site of the former Gilbert Stuart School.
• In 2005, the branch underwent renovations, including a new façade and updated heating and cooling systems.

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The Grove Hall Branch has more than thirty computers available for the public to use. The branch features three study rooms and a meeting room as well as a larger space shared with the Grove Hall Community Center.

History

• The first library in Grove Hall neighborhood opened with 200 books on May 1, 1898 in the rear of Mr. Mowry’s Drug Store at the corner of Warren Street and Haynes Park.
• The Warren Street Reading Room opened on the corner of Warren and Savin Streets in 1919.
• In 1926, the branch moved into its new quarters in the New Roxbury Memorial High School and was renamed the Memorial Branch.
  The Memorial Branch was replaced in December 1970 by the Grove Hall Branch located at the corner of Warren and Crawford Streets.
• On April 4, 2009, the current location, designed by Schwartz/Silver Architects, opened in the Jeremiah E. Burke High School.

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History

• The Codman Square Branch opened in 1905 at 6 Norfolk Street, named for the local preacher and patriot John Codman.
• In 1978, the branch moved to its present location in a building designed by Eco-Texture, Inc.
• In 2006, the Ashmont Hill Association used a grant from the Boston Parks and Recreation Department to beautify the Codman Square Branch grounds.

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History

• A delivery station on Walnut Street first provided library service to the Adams Street neighborhood in 1875.
• A reading room in the Adams Street neighborhood opened at 362 Neponset Avenue in 1907. The present branch location opened in 1951.
• In 2004, fundraising efforts by the Friends of the Adams Street Library transformed a portion of the library’s yard into the reading garden.

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