Peavey Memorial Library
The Peavey Memorial Library, May 2014
Peavey Memorial Library is an historic public library in downtown Eastport, Maine, United States. Built in 1893 in the Romanesque Revival style, it was named for Albert Peavey, an Eastport resident whose son, , left Eastport and eventually owned a major grain company in Minnesota in the late 1800s. Frank Peavey left money to Eastport for the establishment of the Peavey Memorial Library in honor of his father, who had died at age 35, when Frank was only 9 years old.[1][2]
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- ^ "The Quoddy Tides, January 26, 1979". The Quoddy Tides. January 26, 1979. pp. Page 13. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ^ Fallows, Deborah (28 August 2019). "The Gift of a Public Library". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
Coordinates: 44°54′13″N 66°59′07″W / 44.90365°N 66.98524°W
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