In 1897, the Village Room was dedicated as a meeting place for town residents to socialize. The one-room building contained books and comfortable places to sit and read, and was considered a model “beneficent social institution” and “the scene of many a happy gathering.” The women of Deerfield, Massachusetts, had the Village Room built as a memorial to former Postmistress Martha Goulding Pratt.
Allen, Frances and Mary, photographer. Village Room. Photograph. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1996-14-1722/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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