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The Pawtucket Public Library, formerly known as the Deborah Cook Sayles Public Library, is located at 13 Summer Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860. Its main building, designed by Ralph Adams Cram and built in 1899-1902, and was a gift to the city from Pawtucket's first mayor, Frederic Clark Sayles, in memory of his recently deceased wife. The library was founded as the Pawtucket Library Association in 1852. The Classical Revival structure has been joined to the adjacent former Pawtucket Post Office building.The library's main building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975; the connected former post office building was listed in 1983.

Address: 13 Summer St, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
Phone: (401) 725-3714
State: Rhode Island
Zip Code: 02860


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I love the atmosphere here. If the ambience of people who can’t keep their voices down, the ringing and binging of cell phones, cranked up ear buds, people snoring and hacking in their sleep and children running around is what you need to get you in your study zone then here’s the place to be. The Pawtucket Public Library is becoming nothing more than a day shelter and pit stop for the flotsam and jetsam of society. The concept of a library as an institution is a place of thinking, studying and learning. Those who do come here to appreciate the public service the library does provide are disturbed by the disrespectful, interruptive and rude. If you’re not here to embrace the element of peacefulness then go hang out at the bus shelter. The News Café is right down the street! Maybe it’s time to try security because even RIPTA bus drivers will take the initiative to eject a rowdy passenger with no warnings. My advice if you’re coming here to study: bring a loud pair of head phones and some Bach to crank.
9 years ago (24-03-2017)
My Grand daughter loves coming to this library. I just wish they could update the children's area. It is very dated.
10 years ago (30-01-2017)
Its very quiet and they have reading areas with couches and chairs...they also have plenty of tables...they have private rooms for group projects or meetings
11 years ago (06-01-2016)
Great places to read historic building
10 years ago (20-06-2016)
Beautiful older library with two connected buildings, one the original post office for Pawtucket, that are both over a hundred years old. The library is known as one of the first in country with open stack shelving and the first to allow children under twelve within the library.
11 years ago (18-11-2015)
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