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The library was funded by a bequest from Olive Dyer in the name of her husband Oliver. The first home of the Dyer
Library was created in the basement of Saco City Hall. A dirt floor was covered over in hard pine, and a furnace was added with many other additional pieces of furniture. Sarah W. Tucker
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In 1893, the building shortly north of City Hall was constructed as the second home of the library. The interior was largely one open space, divided visually by a broad wooden double arch, originally described by Horace G. Wadlin. The front of the reading room contained an oak common table and a
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During the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the Dyer
Library was closed until the beginning of June. A mask mandate was in place until June 2021. The mask mandate was put back into effect in August due to rising cases in Maine, but was removed in the early spring of 2022.
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In 1974, a new wing was added adjacent to
Deering’s huge flat-roofed parlor. It connected to the carriage house which providing new offices, and the Deering Room, Board Room, and what is now the Reed's Children's Room, was created with a bequest from Lillian Reed.
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large open fireplace. The rear space housed shelf stacks. Funds for construction of the building were provided by Mrs. John C. Bradbury and George E. Means. Some time later, philanthropist
Cornelius Sweetser left the Dyer Library $ 10,000 as a maintenance fund.
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was hired as the first librarian at a salary of $ 400 a year. The library was officially opened in spring, 1881.
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