Rockland Public Library

The Rockland Public Library is located at 80 Union Street in central Rockland, Maine. It is located in an architecturally distinguished building, built in 1903–04 with funding support from Andrew Carnegie.

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Type: Library
Description: library in Rockland, Maine, United States
Address: 5 Beech Street, Rockland, ME 04841

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Knox County Courthouse and Strand Theatre.

Knox County Courthouse

Courthouse

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The Knox County Courthouse is located at 62 Union Street in downtown Rockland, the county seat of Knox County, Maine. The oldest portion of the courthouse was designed by Gridley James Fox Bryant and was built in 1874. Knox County Courthouse is situated 740 feet south of Rockland Public Library.

Strand Theatre

Movie theater

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The Strand Theatre is a historic performing arts venue at 345 Main Street in downtown Rockland, Maine. Built in 1923 in the wake of a fire that destroyed part of the downtown, it is a rare example of Egyptian Revival architecture, and the only one of three theaters built in Rockland in that period to survive. Strand Theatre is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Rockland Public Library.

Rockland station

Railway station

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Rockland station is a railway station located at Union and Pleasant Streets in Rockland, Maine. It is the eastern terminus of the Rockland Branch, a state-owned track connecting Rockland and Brunswick. Rockland station is situated 1,800 feet south of Rockland Public Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rockland and Glen Cove.

Rockland

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Rockland is a city in Maine that has witnessed a resurgence. Once boarded up shops are now colorfully decorated and the Farnsworth Art Museum and Wyeth Center offer a diverse Maine artisan collection.

Glen Cove

Neighborhood

Glen Cove is an unincorporated village within the town of Rockport in Knox County, Maine, United States. The community is located on U.S. Route 1 and Clam Cove, an arm of the Penobscot Bay, 2.2 miles north of Rockland. Glen Cove is situated 2 miles northeast of Rockland Public Library.

Owls Head

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Owls Head is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,504 at the 2020 census. A resort and fishing area, the community is home to the Knox County Regional Airport. It includes the village of Ash Point.

Rockland Public Library

Categories: public library, Carnegie library, house, building, and education
Location: City of Rockland, Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.10577° or 44° 6′ 21″ north

Longitude

-69.11197° or 69° 6′ 43″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Open location code

87PG4V4Q+86

OpenStreetMap ID

way 403543615

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

GeoNames ID

4976811

Wikidata ID

Q7355457

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