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Our History
Tufts Library
Dr. Cotton Tufts: an original member and president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, a founder of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, a financial agent and adviser to John and Abigail Adams, a state senator and supporter of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. In honor of his work and life, Dr. Cotton Tufts’s grandchildren, Susannah Tufts and her brother, Quincy, donated money and land to the Town of Weymouth in 1879 for the establishment of a public library. Tufts Library opened in the heart of Weymouth Landing on January 1, 1880, led by Caroline Augusta Blanchard as its first librarian. The library soon outgrew its storefront building and a new Tufts Library was built across the street, opening on October 6, 1892. That three-story brick building located on the corner of Commercial and Washington streets served the community until 1965 when a 33,000-square-foot Tufts Library designed by Alderman & MacNeish opened on the edge of Weston Park on Broad Street. After 55 years of service from that building, a new, 50,000-square-foot Tufts Library designed by Tappé Architects opened in the same location on October 1, 2020. It features ten study rooms, a digital media lab, five meeting rooms, a local history room, a Quiet Room, Teen Room, and a Story Time/Craft Room in the children's department.
Photo Credit: Ed Wonsek Artworks
Fogg Library
In South Weymouth, John S. Fogg, a boot and shoe manufacturer and banker, left money in his will for the creation of a library. The Fogg Library was built in 1897 and opened in 1898. It was maintained as a private social library until 1975 when the Town of Weymouth took ownership and brought it into the Weymouth Public Libraries. Currently, Fogg Library is open sixteen hours per week.
Photo Credit: Rob MacLean