Editing Fall River, Massachusetts (section)

==Library==
[[File:Fall River Public Library 2013.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Fall River Public Library's main building in 2013]]
Fall River established its public library in 1860.<ref>C.B. Tillinghast. The free public libraries of Massachusetts. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LusKAAAAYAAJ 1st Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts]. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1891.</ref><ref>[http://www.sailsinc.org/fallriver/ Fall River Public Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926154751/http://www.sailsinc.org/fallriver/ |date=September 26, 2010 }}. Retrieved November 11, 2010</ref> As of fiscal year 2022, the city of Fall River spends 0.53% ($1,861,112) of its budget on its public library—roughly $20 per person.<ref>City of Fall River. 2021. ''FY 2022 Budget.'' Retrieved from https://www.fallriverma.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/FY-22-Budget_5-7-21.pdf</ref>

The main location of the Fall River Public Library is located at 104 North Main Street, within the [[Downtown Fall River Historic District]]. It opened in 1899, and was designed by architect [[Ralph Adams Cram]] in the [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival]] style. It is constructed from native [[Fall River granite]]. The building underwent an extensive renovation during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

The public library system also includes two branches; the South End Branch, located at 58 Arch Street, and the East End Branch, located at 1386 Pleasant Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fallriverlibrary.org/branches.html|title=Fall River Public Library Branches|website=fallriverlibrary.org|access-date=September 5, 2014|archive-date=February 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215175243/http://fallriverlibrary.org/branches.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Fall River Historical Society also maintains the Charlton Library of Fall River History.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fall River Historical Society – North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Association® |url=https://narmassociation.org/members/fall-river-historical-society/ |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref>