Area 1 acre (0.40 ha) Added to NRHP July 21, 1978 Phone +1 781-848-0405 | Built 1874 NRHP Reference # 78000446 Opened 1874 | |
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Address 798 Washington St, Braintree, MA 02184, USA Hours Open today · 9AM–9PMThursday9AM–9PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSundayClosedMonday9AM–9PMTuesday9AM–9PMWednesday9AM–9PMSuggest an edit Similar Tufts Library Central Li, Thomas Crane Public Lib, First Parish Church, Gen Sylvanus Thayer H, Wright Memorial Library Profiles | ||
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The Thayer Public Library is a public library located in the town of Braintree, Massachusetts with 102,000 books, 200 periodical subscriptions, and 8,000 videos, DVDs, music CDs, and audiobooks. The library is a member of the Old Colony Library Network.
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- Teen con at thayer public library
- Ashleigh at thayer public library
- About the library
- Antitrust lawsuit participation
- References
Ashleigh at thayer public library
About the library
The library is named for General Sylvanus Thayer, who helped found it through a $20,000 bequest in his will. The original building was dedicated June 4, 1874, and opened to the public in September of the same year. It operated as a library until 1953, when it was replaced by a larger building across the street. The 1874 building was occupied by the Braintree Water Department for many years, but is currently vacant. This building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
In 1997 the 1953 library building was razed to and replaced by the current three-story brick postmodern building that opened in 1999.
Antitrust lawsuit participation
In March 2008, the Thayer Public Library was notified that it was among several libraries in Massachusetts that would share in the 2002 settlement of an antitrust case that was brought against BMG, EMI Music, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment by the antitrust division of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office, along with the Attorneys General of thirty-nine other states. The lawsuit was settled in 2002 for $144 million, and alleged that the music distribution companies illegally inflated the price of CDs by requiring retailers to sell them at or above a set level in order to qualify for substantial advertising funding.