Slater Library

Slater Library and Fanning Annex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
File:PostcardSlaterLibraryEtcJewettCity1908.jpg
Postcard view of the library, 1908
Location	26 Main St., Griswold, Connecticut
Coordinates
Area	less than one acre
Built	1884
Architect	Earle, Stephen Carpenter; CUdworth and Thompson
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	01001529
Added to NRHP	January 28, 2002

The Slater Library is the public library of Griswold, Connecticut. It is located in a historic building at 26 Main Street in the borough of Jewett City.

The Romanesque Revival building was constructed in 1884 with funds donated by John Fox Slater, a New England industrialist and philanthropist. The original building was designed by Stephen C. Earle, and was nearly doubled in size in 1930 with the addition of the Fanning Annex, designed by the Norwich firm of Cudworth and Thompson, and funded by a bequest from local businessman David Hale Fanning.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Griswold Historical Society Museum

The Griswold Historical Society Museum is located on the second floor of the Slater Library. The museum's displays illustrate life in New England during the 18th and 19th centuries, and are themed around a farmer's workshop, a kitchen, school and children's playthings. The museum is open on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month in the afternoon.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut

External links

• Slater Library Official Website