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===Library=== [[File:Rochester NH Public Library.jpg|thumb|Rochester Public Library]] The Rochester Public Library was approved in 1893 but was not open to the public until early 1894. Back then, the library was located on the corner of Portland Street and South Main Street. In 1897, the library moved to City Hall, where it remained for over eight years.<ref name=library>{{cite web |last1=Scheffer |first1=Bud |title=The History of the Rochester Public Library |url=http://www.rpl.lib.nh.us/reference/rplhistory.htm |website=Rochester Public Library |access-date=January 25, 2015}}</ref> In the early 1900s, Osman Warren, Rochester's postmaster, contacted [[Andrew Carnegie]] for help in securing an endowment to build the new library. The Carnegie Institute donated $20,000 to construct the new building. The new library was built on the site of what was the Main Street School. The library was built in the [[Georgian revival]] style, using brick and granite, and the inside was finished with golden oak and cypress.<ref name=library /> The library opened on October 2, 1905, and 150 people registered the first day. Miss Lillian Parshley was the first librarian, serving until her death in 1945. Velma Foss, Miss Parshley's assistant, was the second librarian of the Rochester Library.<ref name=library />
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