Get a bit of Milton History for your home or garden.
Only a few of these tables are available for sale! They were made by Village Forge in Readville from the glass floor panels salvaged from the 1930s stack wing of the library.
Pricing:
Full Size: $425
Book Ends: sold out
If interested, please contact the library at the numbers or email at the top of this page.
These tables are a part of Milton's history. The glass tops were the floors of the book stacks in the original 1904 Milton Public Library. These panels of glass framed in wrought iron supported the weight of people searching for books on the second or third floor of the original stacks for over a hundred years. Considered the modern technology of the day it was used by libraries built between 1900 and 1940, for example Canton, Attleboro, Norwood and Winchester. They are still in use at the Boston Atheneum. When the decision was made to demolish the 1958 addition and the stacks, some of the floor panels were saved for their historic value. The tables were designed and created by the Village Forge, Inc in Hyde Park, MA
Milton Public Library 476 Canton Avenue Milton Massachusetts 02186 617-698-5757 E-mail:miref@ocln.org
