A New Chapter Begins

For 145 years, the Argyle Public Library has grown alongside the community it serves.

It began when Argyle citizens sold $4 shares to start a library. With $100, they bought books and a shelf for the back of Dr. Thurston’s drug store.

The library later reopened in the Rossing Building, moved into the Waddington Community Building, and continued to grow and adapt with every move.

Earlier this year, we were the second-smallest public library in Wisconsin at just 900 square feet — only 60 square feet larger than the smallest.

Our new home changes that.

With five times the space, we have much more room for meaningful community programs, resources, and ways to serve people of every age.

Getting there will take the same thing it took 145 years ago: a grassroots effort. We have raised nearly half of our goal. Your support will help us complete the move, fill the shelves, retire the cost of the building, and create an endowment to carry this library through its next 145 years.