Woonsocket Harris Public Library is a

public library A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants. There are ...

at 303 Clinton Street in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Founded in 1866, it is Rhode Island's second public library. Founded by Edward Harris, the library was originally housed at the Harris Institute, which also included an auditorium for traveling lectures. This building has been adapted for use as

Woonsocket City Hall The Woonsocket City Hall, (also known as the Harris Institute) is located in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Edward Harris, a leading Woonsocket industrialist, constructed the earliest part of the building in 1856, and it was known as the Harris Block ...

. Harris was a major wool manufacturer and abolitionist; he used some of his wealth for philanthropic projects in Woonsocket. In 1974 the library moved to its current building, designed by

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architect William D. Warner; this was renovated in 2001. File:Edward Harris Woonsocket businessman.jpg, Edward Harris, founder of the Woonsocket Public Library Woonsocket City Hall 2015.jpg, Original site of the Harris Library in the Harris Institute (now used as

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Public libraries in Rhode Island {{RhodeIsland-struct-stub

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