[ 18 ] First Public Library

“This room became the first public library in Wellfleet during the pastorate of Rev. Emory C. Chaddok from 1874 to 1879. Church members circulated books from this little room until 1893.”

Placed by friends of  the

Wellfleet Library

1974

Following acceptance of The Library Act of 1890 by the town, “1,827 books, with cases containing the same” were contributed by the Parish to the Workers’ Circulating Library, established in rooms over the Wellfleet Savings Bank, then on Bank Street.

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