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Heritage Village Southbury, Connecticut
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Heritage Village Library

A resident-run library of over 5,000 books, puzzles, and DVDs, on the pond by the Meeting House.

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Drawing of the front of the Library, a low shingled cottage with a wood-shingle roof and a stone chimney, a white-framed door with a small bell under a gabled hood.
  • Drawing of the Library at Heritage Village from the road: a shingled cottage with a steep gable, two windows above and three below, a stone chimney.
  • Drawing of inside the Library: dark wooden shelves of books lining a small room, a low central case of films and books with new titles displayed on top.
  • Drawing of the Library's main room: a long low double-sided pine case of books with new titles and a small model house displayed on top.
  • Drawing of the Heritage Village pond with the Library, a small shingled cottage with a stone chimney, on the far bank among tall pines, the Lodge at the far left.
  • Drawing of the Library's main room from its far end: a long double-sided pine case of books with displayed titles, a model house and carved birds on top.

The Heritage Village Library is housed in the beautifully restored 1730s Ethan Allen cottage, located between the Meeting House and the Lodge. The cottage’s huge fireplace, beamed ceiling, and wide floorboards create a charming home for the approximately 3800 fiction and non-fiction books, 900 DVDs, and 700 jigsaw puzzles that make up the library’s collections. There is even a “grandparents’ corner” with books for visiting grandchildren.

Any Heritage Village resident can borrow books from the library, and friendly library volunteers are always there to help with book selection.

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Rooms, hours, and reservations are listed for residents.

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