My Carnegie travels took me to Freeport yesterday afternoon, to see the library that’s not a library.
The former B.H. Bartol Library, at 55 Main Street, is just south of the L.L. Bean retail campus. It hovers in the shadows of newer and larger buildings and unless you are looking for some skinny jeans or are on the trail of Andrew Carnegie, you might walk right past it. It is one of nine buildings in a block called the “Freeport Main Street Historic District,” listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Julie-Ann Baumer used to spend a lot of time alone in her car, traveling the highways of New England. Now, she lives a more pedestrian life, writing and working from her home in Lisbon Falls. Once in a while, she gets the urge for local lettuce, excellent coffee, or beautiful music. She hops in her car and goes. Sometimes she takes friends. Read about it here weekly visit her website at www.julieannbaumer.com or follow her on twitter @aunttomato.
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