The Broad Street Bibliophile’s Institutional History

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Across
  1. 3. The surname of the former Board of Directors President for whom the library’s primary public meeting room is named.
  2. 4. The library branch name that serves the southern portion of town, acting as the sister institution to the Broad Street main.
  3. 7. The name of the 19th-century benefactor and merchant whose local legacy is intertwined with early Windsor book collections.
  4. 10. The exact municipal street number on Broad Street that has served as the library's physical identity since its mid-century expansion.
  5. 12. The surname of the long-serving librarian or director whose tenure spanned the transition into the modern digital era at Broad Street.
  6. 13. The philanthropic foundation that, while common elsewhere, famously did NOT fund Windsor's library, as the town preferred local private funding.
  7. 15. The name of the specific collection or memorial fund established to enhance the library's historical acquisitions in the 20th century.
Down
  1. 1. The specific geographical room designation within the library that houses the most sensitive local history and genealogical volumes.
  2. 2. The name of the historic plaza or area immediately adjacent to the library grounds, named for a prominent local family.
  3. 5. The surname of the pioneering woman who served as the very first President of the Windsor Library Association in the 1880s.
  4. 6. The specific architectural style of the 1970s and 1990s renovations intended to harmonize the modern stacks with the Geissler House.
  5. 8. The surname of the family whose 1894 Victorian mansion remains the architectural cornerstone of the current library facility.
  6. 9. The name of the specific library wing or section that honors one of Windsor's primary framers of the Fundamental Orders.
  7. 11. The original 18th-century "Social _____ Company," which served as the primitive precursor to the formal Windsor Public Library.
  8. 14. The surname associated with the library's historical archives or the early curation of Windsor's genealogical records on-site.