Vinalhaven Public Library

The Vinalhaven Public Library is the public library serving the island community of Vinalhaven, Maine. It is located at 6 Carver Street in downtown Vinalhaven, in a small architecturally distinguished Prairie School building built in 1906 with financial support from Andrew Carnegie.

Type: Library
Description: building in Maine, United States
Address: 6 Carver Street, Vinalhaven, ME 04863

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Union Church of Vinalhaven and Vinalhaven School.

Union Church of Vinalhaven

Church

The Union Church of Vinalhaven is a historic church on East Main Street in the center of Vinalhaven, Maine. Built in 1899, it is a high quality example of Shingle style architecture, designed by one of its major promoters, John Calvin Stevens.

Vinalhaven School

School

Vinalhaven School is a kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade public school located at 22 Arcola Lane, Vinalhaven, an island located in mid-coast Maine, 75 miles east northeast of Portland. Vinalhaven School is situated 2,500 feet east of Vinalhaven Public Library.

Heron Neck Light Station

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Heron Neck Light is a lighthouse on Green's Island in Vinalhaven, Maine at the south end of Penobscot Bay. It was established in 1854 as an aid to navigation for Vinalhaven's main port, and for the Hurricane Channel extending northwest from Heron's Neck. Heron Neck Light Station is situated 2 miles southwest of Vinalhaven Public Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vinalhaven and North Haven.

Vinalhaven

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Vinalhaven is a historic island town situated in the Fox Islands archipelago within the Mid Coast region of Maine, United States. Located in Knox County, approximately 15 miles across the waters of Penobscot Bay from the mainland city of Rockland, it stands as home to roughly 1,200 permanent residents a population that swells dramatically during the peak summer months.

North Haven

Photo: Jp498, CC BY-SA 2.5.

North Haven is a town and island in Knox County, Maine, United States, in Penobscot Bay. The town is both a year-round island community and a prominent summer colony.

Vinalhaven Public Library

Categories: Carnegie library, main library, public library, building, and education
Location: Town of Vinalhaven, Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.04846° or 44° 2′ 55″ north

Longitude

-68.83131° or 68° 49′ 53″ west

Elevation

36 feet (11 metres)

Open location code

87PH25X9+9F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 766352333

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

GeoNames ID

7315865

Wikidata ID

Q28124774

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