It is easy to pass the Broad Brook Library without even noticing it. In the middle of Main Street, Broad Brook this unassuming white building looks like a reminder of our town's past. However it is a working library; free to the public since 1919. 

The Broad Brook Library has maintained its commitment to bring a variety of new books to the public. Our small library offers a little bit of everything: classic and modern children's books, fiction, non-fiction, cook books, history books, biographies, and new fiction. You won't find a computer here, but you will find the perfect book to explore.

Lifelong Broad Brook resident, Beryl Wilson, has been the librarian for 20 years. She greets everyone with a warm welcome and remembers her regular customers by name. The library is decorated with paintings by Virginia W. Schoenleher, Beryl's first grade teacher; a woman who inspired her students to read with a classroom reading contest. Beryl read the most books in her class that year and won a tennis racket and two balls for the achievement. 

The town has cut the Broad Brook Library's budget for many years; it is down to $2500/year now. The budget didn't cover the electric bill, so the library hours were cut by twenty percent. Our little library stays open through the help of local businesses and neighbors. The garden was created and maintained by the girl scout troupe. The grass is mowed by a next door neighbor. Small gestures and donations are keeping this still used and useful piece of history open.