Calais Free Library

Calais Free Library
Location9 Union Street, Calais, Maine, United States
TypePublic
Established1892
Collection
Size100,000 ft
Access and use
Circulation33,000
Population served3,123
Other information
Budget$156,155
DirectorKathleen Staples
Employees4
Website[1]
Calais Free Library
Arealess than one acre
Built1892
ArchitectArthur H. Vinal
Architectural styleRomanesque
MPSMaine Public Libraries MPS
NRHP reference No.01000370
Added to NRHPApril 12, 2001

Calais Free Library is the public library in Calais, Maine, United States. It is located at 9 Union Street, at the edge of the city's business district, in an architecturally distinguished Richardsonian Romanesque building designed by Arthur H. Vinal and completed in 1893, with a major addition in 1984-85. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also home to an art gallery.