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Trustees lead presentation on Eno family, transportation pioneer and Simsbury Free Library history
Summary
Trustees and volunteers at the Simsbury Free Library led a public talk tracing the library's 19th-century founding by Amos R. Eno, the building's 1890 construction and local exhibits highlighting William Phelps Eno's role in traffic regulation and other town histories.
Jim Flynn, chairman of the board of trustees of the Simsbury Free Library, told an audience at a public program that the library traces its roots to a charitable trust established in 1874 by Amos R. Eno and that the landmark building on donated land was completed in 1890. "The library's been around, for quite some time. Founded in 1874 by a gentleman named Amos R Eno," Flynn said during the talk.
The library trustees emphasized that the Simsbury Free Library operates as a charitable trust and a research-focused institution rather than a town-run circulating public library. Flynn said the town began providing financial support in the 1970s…
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