tuthillandwells.com - Cyrenius Booth Library

The original 12,000 sf Cyrenius Booth Library was expanded in 1997 with a 24,000 sf addition. The new addition has 3 floors with the Children and Community Room on the Lower Floor, the Adult Library, Circulation and Reading Rooms on the Main Floor and the Reference Area and Study Rooms on the Upper Floor. The addition has brick exterior walls and insulated wood windows.

Cyrenius Booth Library
Newtown, CT
The main stairway in the original library was restored and provides convenient access between the Main and Upper Floors. The walls were painted dark green and provide an area to display a collection of historic mirrors. The original cork floors were sanded and sealed and remain in use in many of the rooms.

The library has two entrances on the Lower Floor and one on the Main Floor which leads past the original stairway and directly to the Circulation Desk. Sight lines were carefully incorporated into the furniture arrangements and door locations between the various rooms.