The Field Memorial Library of Conway, Massachusetts, was built in 1900, by Marshall Field (1834-1906). He eventually moved from Conway to Chicago, Illinois, where, in 1865, Potter Palmer invited him and Levi Zeigler Leiter to co-run a large dry goods store. Field took over in 1881, changed the name to his own, and the store became one of the largest in the world, covering an entire city block. Field became a philanthropist, giving $8 million to build the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and this elegant library in his hometown. In 2006, Marshall Field’s stores were absorbed by the Macy’s chain.