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DISTINCTIVE
ASPECTS OF THE COLLECTION
The Grove Hall collection has a strong component of African-American literature.
RECURRING
PROGRAMMING OFFERED
Preschool story hours are offered weekly for children.
SPECIAL
PROGRAMMING OFFERED
An annual musical program of jazz has been offered over the past several years, inspiring
local interest in initiating a neighborhood jazz festival.
HISTORY
The first library in this section of Roxbury opened May 1, 1898 in the rear of Mr. Mowry's
Drug Store at the corner of Warren Street and Haynes Park with one table, eight chairs,
two shelves and 200 books. It was so well patronized that the Trustees of the BPL voted in
1905 to open a reading room. In 1919 the building on the corner of Warren and Savin
Streets officially became the Warren Street Branch Library. In 1926, this branch moved
into its new quarters in the New Roxbury Memorial High School and thus became the Memorial
Branch Library. The Memorial Branch was replaced in December 1970 by the current Grove
Hall Branch Library located at the corner of Warren and Crawford Streets.
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