Col. Oliver Mather House at the Windsor Public Library, 1777

Col. Oliver Mather, a prosperous Windsor famer, built this house in 1777. The property passed to his grandson Frederick Mather who had a successful legal and business career in New York City but also maintained an interest in his native Windsor. For many years a succession of renters lived in the Mather House and also in the smaller structure on the west side nearest Broad Street.

The Windsor Library Association, formed in 1888, wanted a suitable home for its growing collection of books. They purchased the house from Mather’s estate in 1901 and ten years later opened the new Windsor Public Library in the remodeled west wing. The interior partitions and upper floor were opened up into one large room with a fireplace and bookshelves all around. In 1940 the Library Association added a matching east wing and remodeled the house so that the library could occupy the entire first floor. The library has undergone two significant expansions since then, one in the 1970s and more recently in 2006. Today’s library offers a wide range of books and media materials for loan and programming for all ages. Copyright 2015 Windsor Historical Society.

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