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Byron-Bergen Public
Library
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13 South Lake Avenue
P.O. Box 430
Bergen, NY 14416
Voice: (585) 494-1120
FAX: (585) 494-2339
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| Local Links |
| Gillam Grant Community
Center - Contracting Library |
| A little about the Byron-Bergen
Public Library |
There has been a library in Bergen
since 1815. The library has been through many changes and places
where the books were housed. In 1962 the Bergen Reading Room opened
in the town hall where the library stands today. The Triangle
Club was involved in the beginnings of the library. They were
certified by the Board of Education in October 1985 as a public
library.
| The History of the Town of
Bergen Libraries |
| 1811 |
Settlers gathered books for a
library. |
| 1815 |
Moral Library established. |
| 1906 |
Reading Club formed. |
| 1925 |
School on Rochester Street was
built. Members of the Triangle Club (a reorganized YWCA club)
raised money for the library at the school. |
| 1935 |
Women from the Triangle Club
started a library in the home of Miss Helen Rogers at 22 South
Lake Street. |
| 1947 |
The Village Board gave money
to the library for books. |
| 1948 |
Miss Rogers sold her home. The
books were moved to the Bergen Grange at 27 Rochester Street. |
| 1950's |
The Grange decided it did not
have enough room for the books so they were then stored in
Ken and Virginia Baron's barn at 24 Clinton Street. |
| 1959 |
The NIOGA Library System was
chartered by the State of New York. This system covered Niagara,
Orleans, and Genesee Counties. The women from the Triangle
Club, the Fireman's Auxiliary and the community petitioned
the Bergen Town Board to support a library. |
| 1962 |
The Bergen Reading Center open
July 16th under the direction of the NIOGA Library System
in the Bergen Town Hall Meeting Room/Court Room. |
| 1985 |
The Bergen Reading Center was
chartered by the State of New York for the towns of Bergen
and Byron with its library at the Bergen Town Hall. It's name
was now the Byron-Bergen Public Library. The Gillam-Grant
Community Center contracts with the Byron-Bergen Public Library
for public money and services for its library. |
| 1987 |
The Bergen Fire Department moved
to new facilities north of the village. |
| 1988 |
The Byron-Bergen Public Library
moved into the renovated fireman's truck room at the Bergen
Town Hall. |
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| Services Available |
- Pre-school story time
- Book discussion group
- Interlibrary loans
- Computer with Internet access
- Local history
- Summer Reading program
- Computer software for adults and children
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| Materials On-hand |
- Computer with Internet Access
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- Local Historical Information
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| Operating Hours |
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Monday |
CLOSED |
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Tuesday |
10:00 - 12:00; 2:00 - 8:00 |
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Wednesday |
1:00 - 8:00 |
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Thursday |
2:00 - 8:00 |
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Friday |
10:00 - 5:00 |
Story Hour: 10:30 |
Saturday |
9:00 - 1:00 |
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Sunday |
CLOSED |
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Holidays Closed - 2007
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New Year's Day |
Sat. before Labor Day |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Labor Day |
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President's Day |
Election Day |
Good Friday |
Thanksgiving Day |
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Sat. before Easter |
Day after Thanksgiving |
Sat. before Memorial Day |
Sat. after Thanksgiving |
Memorial Day |
Sat. before Christmas |
Sat. before Independence Day |
Christmas Day |
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Independence Day |
Sat. before New Year's Day |
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| Directions to Byron-Bergen Public
Library |
North on Route 19 into the village
of Bergen. The Library is located in the center of the village
at 13 South Lake Avenue in the town hall building. (Show
Map)
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| Board of Trustees |
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PRESIDENT: |
Kristin Gordon |
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VICE PRESIDENT: |
Richard vonBergen |
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| RECORDING SEC.: |
Nancy Gaenzler |
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CORRES. SEC.: |
Pam Kenward |
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FINANCIAL SEC.: |
Sally Bleier |
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TREASURER: |
John Specht |
(Not a Trustee) |
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Kathi McLaughlin |
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Marilyn Britt |
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| Library Staff |
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Director: Nancy Bailey
Dorothy Seely
Library Clerk
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Susan Brownell
Library Clerk
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Cheryl Saville
Library Clerk
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A Member of the NIOGA Library System
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