Seymour Public Library

National Register of Historic Places. Monumental stone building, designed by Carrere and Hastings. Elegant interior woodwork created by European craftsmen. Extensive library collection & Internet access. The Seymour Public Library District traces its history back to 1876, when the Seymour Library Association was established in May. In 1901, work began on the Case Memorial. A contest to choose a design for the building was conducted, and the New York City firm of Carrere and Hastings was selected as architects. The firm later would design the New York Public Library. The structure is an example of the Beaux Arts School of Architecture and is built of brick and limestone. It was completed after two years and much of the interior carving and woodwork was done by European craftsmen who were still hard at work when the library opened in 1903.Willard Case deeded the property to the Seymour Library Association in March 1904. Few changes were made to the building until the fall of 1972, when the ground was broken on an expansion project that added 40% more space to the building.