Objects of Substance – Historic Library Furniture

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A room full of history—L203 of the Beanland Memorial Library

This bookcase is not the only historic piece in the library spaces. Other furniture that connects the current students to their School’s rich past are the tables and chairs on Level 2 of the library, in Room L2.03. A standout is the large, silky oak table with 12 chairs. This beautiful long table was purchased in 1930 and was originally the table used by the School Board of Trustees. Mrs Cooke, who always found a home for such older pieces, had the table placed in the Estelle Burke Reading Room of the 1975 library, and it was around this table where the School’s reading club, the Libellum Society, first met in 2001.