W. Acton Citizens Library

The Massachusetts Historical Commission says, “The Citizens’ Library, one of the oldest [existing] buildings on Windsor Avenue, was most likely built, in the 1840s by Phineas Wetherbee, who by 1856, resided there and lived at this address until 1894. Mr. Wetherbee, a farmer who served as a town selectman from 1880 to 1883, was a benefactor of the Citizens’ Library. In 1883, Phineas Wetherbee met with 39 others at the West Acton railroad depot (since demolished) to form a Citizens’ Library.”