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Above is the Cole library building circa 1871. It was turned 90 degrees
to accomodate the construction of the Torrent Firehouse in 1876. It was donated by the Thayer family in 1918 as a library.
It was rename the Cole Library to honor Elizabeth Cole a long time librarian in the town.
Above is the old Cole Library located at 195 Main St.
In 1867, his widow Charlotte Slocumb sold the house at 193
Main Street to the church for a parsonage - they used the Levi Adams parsonage funds for the purchase.
She
kept lot #195 where she had a store; it was 1/8 acre and was called "Cushings Block" by the town for John Cushing who had
his tailor shop there.
According to the 1870 Annual Report for the Town of Medway, she made improvements
to the building that year - she was 75 years old..
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