Mission,
History, and Hours
Mission
Statement
Willard
Memorial
Library
is
a
public
library
system
with
branches
in
Greenwich,
North
Fairfield,
and
Wakeman
dedicated
to
providing
materials,
services,
and
information
to
promote
lifelong
learning.
History
The
library
opened
in
1921
and
was
housed
on
the
second
floor
of
the
city
hall.
The
Willard
Memorial
Library
was
dedicated
to
the
memory
of
the
service
men
who
served
and
to
those
who
died
in
World
War
I.
The
present
library
building
was
opened
on
April
4,
1965.
The
addition
to
the
original
building
was
dedicated
on
April
2,
1995.
The
Willard
Memorial
Library
was
given
county
extension
status
in
1935
to
service
any
area
of
the
county
not
already
served
by a
library.
It
has
added
three
branches
since
that
time:
Greenwich
Public
Library
in
1936,
North
Fairfield
Public
Library
in
1937;
and Wakeman
Community
Library
in
1950.
The
Greenwich
branch
moved
to
its
present
location
in
October
1989
and
its
addition
opened
in
October
1995.
The
North
Fairfield
branch
moved
to
its
present
location
in
July
1988.
The
Wakeman
branch's
building
was
donated
in
1961.
An
addition
was
dedicated
in
1977
and
its
new
addition
was
completed
in
December
1997.
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