When you reach the bottom of a spiraling set of creaky, wooden stairs, the first thing you see is an entire case of colorful, taxidermied hummingbirds, lovingly posed on tiny twigs. The crown jewel of the library’s eclectic collection is easy to miss-you’ll have to descend into the basement (and go back about 70 years in the process) to see it. Ledgers from local business are fragile, but can be handled with care by request. Although the library’s thousands of books no longer circulate, its collection, including beautiful-but increasingly fragile-ledgers from local businesses, can be viewed and handled by request. The cornerstone for the library was laid in 1898, but it didn’t officially open until ten years later. Akin founded the The Akin Hall Association with other members of the Quaker Hill community in the service of “charity, literature, science and mutual improvement in religion.” The earliest settlers to the area, located in Dutchess County near the Connecticut border, were Quakers-the Oblong Friends Meetinghouse, built nearby in 1763, still stands today. | Photo: Alexandra Charitan Charity, literature, and science The first floor is home to thousands of books.
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