Larchmont Library

In 1922, Edward F. Albee, (grandfather of playwright Edward Albee, known for the play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”), a prominent resident, theater owner, and producer, donated the land for the development of the Albee Court Apartments, the Larchmont National Bank and the Larchmont Public Library. That same year, St. Clair Bayfield, a notable Shakespearean actor, and the manager of the famous New York socialite and singer, Florence Foster Jenkins, staged “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” as a benefit for the new library. The public also raised funds for the library. The Larchmont Public Library, which had received its charter earlier in the year, opened its doors to the public for the first time on November 29, 1926.

Since opening the doors nearly ninety five years ago, the Larchmont Public Library has grown and expanded a number of times. Most significant was the expansion completed in January 1995, which joined the children’s library to the main library and made the library handicapped accessible, the creation of the Burchell Children’s room in 2010, which included renovations in other parts of the library as well and the 2016 Transformation Project to renovate the main building. The Larchmont Public Library continues to grow and expand as it meets the needs of the community.

- Larchmontlibrary.org