Lincoln Public Library (Lincoln, Massachusetts)

{{Short description|Public library in Lincoln, Massachusetts, US}}

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| image = Lincoln Public Library, March 2010, Lincoln MA.jpg

| caption = Lincoln Public Library in 2010

| country = United States of America

| type = Public Library

| established = 1851

| location = Lincoln, Massachusetts

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| pop_served = 6,400 (2010 census)

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| website = https://www.lincolnpl.org/

| phone_num = (978) 897-8572

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Lincoln Public Library is a public library at 3 Bedford Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The library collection began in the late 1700s with a private subscription library started by Reverend Charles Stearns,{{cite web |url=https://www.lincolnpl.org/Documents/tarbell%20family.pdf |title=Archives/Special Collections: Tarbell Family Collection |publisher=Lincoln Public Library |last=Carroll |first=William F |date=December 2003 |access-date=August 22, 2022}} and later a donation by Eliza Farrar of her husband, Professor John Farrar's library collection.Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, (1899), p. 200 In 1884, George Grosvenor Tarbell, a Boston businessman, donated funds to construct the current Queen Anne style building of reddish Longmeadow freestone, which was designed by the architect, William G. Preston.Lincoln, Lincoln Historical Society, (2003) p. 31 Large additions to the library were constructed in the 1950s and 1980s. The library is part of the Minuteman Library Network.{{Cite web |url=https://www.lincolnpl.org/about/about |title=Library History & Building |website=Lincoln Public Library |access-date=August 22, 2022}} It is a contributing property in the Lincoln Center Historic District.