Phillips Library,
a History
The Phillips Public Library is located within the Paul G. Whittemore building on Main Street in Phillips. The Paul G. Whittemore building served as a high school for the area from 1894 to 1969. It then functioned as a Middle School until the last eighth-grade class graduated in 1988.​​
​The Phillips Library was formed in 1911 as a private corporation and serves the town of Phillips residents and the adjacent towns of Avon and Madrid. In previous years the library was above the Town Office and within the Phillips Historical House.
The Library Board began fundraising and renovating the Paul G. Whittemore building in the spring of 1998 and reopened it as a library in March 2000. The High School Alumni gave generously, as did citizens. Grants were received from organizations throughout Maine.
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Plaques honoring these donors are located in the Board Room.
Phillips Librarians, past and present
Albertine Butterfield
1911 - 1916
Kathleen Toothaker
1937 - 1946
Fay H. Hoover
1957 - 1968
Fay H. Hoover
1957 - 1968
Bertha Boston
1916 - 1931
Lura Badger
1931 - 1937
Alice Parker
1946 - 1954
Tressie Carroll
1955 - 1957
Emma York
1968 - 1976
Marian Hardy
1976 - 1986
Cindy Worthley
1987 - 1994
Hedy Langdon-Stinchfield
1988 - present
Board Members
Sandy Wilbur • President​
Lynn Carlton • Treasurer
Amy Arms • Clerk
Maggie Kling • Trustee
Anna Plog • Trustee
Pamela Lambert • Trustee
Connie Borzykowski • Trustee
Library Staff
Hedy Langdon-Stinchfield • Librarian
Andrea Masterman • Assistant Volunteer