Library
History
The Leavitt-Hovey House was designed by Asher Benjamin who wrote the
first architectural pattern book published in America. Built in 1797
for Atty. Jonathan Leavitt, it was later owned by George Hovey, a
local area merchant. In 1907 the town of Greenfield purchased the
building, and it became a library shortly after that.
From Boston
or points south or east:
1. Take Route
2 West. Get off at the Greenfield/Routes 5 & 10 exit. Turn left
onto Federal Street. At the third stop light, turn left onto Main
Street. The library is the second building on the left. The second
driveway on the left is a public parking lot that patrons can use.
Please note the meters only take quarters and run for one hour per
quarter.
2. Take the Mass Pike West. Get off at Exit 4 (West Springfield/Route
91). Bear left coming out of the toll booth, then turn right onto
Route 91 North. Get off at exit 26 and then immediately off the rotary
onto Main Street. Go straight through 3 sets of traffic lights. The
library is the second building on the left after the third set of
lights. The second driveway on the left is a public parking lot that
patrons can use. Please note the
meters only take quarters and run for one hour per quarter.
From the north:
Take Route 91
South to exit 26 (Mohawk Trail). Get off at the third exit off the
rotary onto Main Street (Route 2A). Go straight through 3 sets of
traffic lights. The library is the second building on the left after
the third set of lights. The second driveway on the left is a public
parking lot that patrons can use. Please note the meters only take
quarters and run for one hour per quarter.
From the west:
Take Route 2
East (Mohawk Trail) into Greenfield. Pick up Main Street (Route 2A)
from the second exit on the rotary where Routes 2 and 91 intersect.
Go straight through 3 sets of traffic lights. The library is the second
building on the left after the third set of lights. The second driveway
on the left is a public parking lot that patrons can use. Please note
the meters only take quarters and run for one hour per quarter.
