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2 Main Street
Bennington, NH 03442
(603) 588-6585
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About G.E.P. Dodge Library
Description:
MISSION
STATEMENT
The
mission
of
the
G.E.P.
Dodge
Library
is
to
provide
the
community
of
Bennington,
New
Hampshire
with
current
information
on
subjects
of
topical
and
local
interests,
materials
with
differing
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points
of
view
on
contemporary
and
historical
issues,
materials
for
instruction,
recreation
and
entertainment,
and
to
provide
access
to
a
universe
of
information
beyond
the
library's
own
collection
through
interlibrary
cooperation
and
the
efficient
use
of
technology,
within
a
comfortable
and
accessible
facility
and
in
a
fiscally
responsible
manner.
To
accomplish
this
mission
the
library
will
provide
materials
in
a
variety
of
formats
and
up-to-date
resources
to
satisfy
a
wide
variety
of
philosophical,
religious,
political
and
recreational
interests
for
patrons
of
all
ages.
G.E.P.
DODGE
LIBRARY
HISTORY
In
1860
a
group
of
resident
women
founded
the
Bennington
Circulatory
Library
and
for
20
years
acquired
and
maintained
a
collection
of
235
books
that
were
held
in
various
private
homes.
In
March
1880
the
town
voted
to
establish
the
Bennington
Town
Library
and
from
1880
until
1906
the
library
operated
from
what
is
now
the
restroom
at
the
Bennington
Town
Hall.
In
1906
George
Edward
Payson
Dodge,
at
the
request
of
his
aunt,
presented
the
town
with
$8,
000
to
build
a
library
on
Main
Street
that
to
this
day
serves
as
the
town
library.
The
library
was
dedicated
on
August
1,
1906
and
has
since
been
known
as
the
G.E.P.
Dodge
Library.
George
Edward
Payson
Dodge
was
born
in
Bennington
in
1839,
the
son
of
George
Dodge.
As
a
child
he
moved
to
Lancaster,
Massachusetts,
then
to
Boston,
Massachusetts
and
finally
to
Chicago
where
he
and
two
others
established
the
Phelps
Dodge
&
Palmer
wholesale
boot
and
shoe
company.
The
library's
bronze
doors
were
given
to
the
library
in
memory
of
Mr.
Dodge
by
his
partner
Mr.
Phelps.
If
you
have
any
comments,
suggestions
and
questions
please
drop
us
mail
at
dodgelibrary2@adelphia.net
or
mailing
address:
Post
Office
Box
129,
Bennington,
NH
03442.
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Hours of Operation:
12pm-5pm Sunday
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