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rd of trustees asked the Town of
On March 27, 1991 the library boa for a federal grant of $115,850 to
Fort Fairfield for permission to apply t library. This addition would add
add a community room to the presenor for access to the upper level and
much needed storage space, an elevat t would be approximately $232,715.
handicapped accessibility. The total cos be responsible for the remaining
The Town of Fort Fairfield would rtly after the Fort Fairfield Rotary
$116,865. Permission was granted, shothis construction project.
t
Club donated $10,000 to help suppor
National Register of Historic Places
In 1989 the library was added to the
Carnegie library has to be
021. Due to this fact, the facade of the the south or backside of
#88003
be built on
preserved. Thus, the addition would ck veneer would have to conform to
the building. The steel frame and bri any visual incongruity.
the present facade. There could not be
lt was by Voisine Construction of
In 1993 the addition to the library bui
Fort Kent, Maine.
unity Room has a large
on the first floor addition, the Comm and a much larger room
Located
all kitchen
storage room, handicap bathroom, a sm as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, service
h
to be used for community meetings suc at no fee.
ms
organizations and federal/state progra
arged office for the librarian and a
The second floor addition has an enlalong the walls. The total expansion
children’s reading room with shelving
was projected at 2,600 square feet.
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