The Plymouth Public Library's Main Branch is located on South Street just around the corner from Plymouth North High School. The library features two main floors with fiction and non-fiction sections, a children's room, a large reference department, several computer desks and quiet areas with cozy chairs where members can read. The Main Branch also features a large history and genealogy collection with more than 1,200 items relating to Mayflower descendants as well as later waves of immigrants. Plymouth Public Library is a member of the Old Colony Library Network and has access to books and other media from libraries throughout the South Shore, and public libraries throughout Massachusetts.
Originally funded by the Ames family and designed in 1877 by famed architect Henry Hobson Richardson, the Ames Free Library has become a historic landmark in North Easton. The original library is now a reading room on the second floor. The library is part of a larger campus that includes the Queset Garden and Queset House. In recent years, the library has strived to be a community center, using "where the community connects" as its slogan.
Cary Memorial Library was renovated and expanded, reopening in April 2004, with a larger children's room, more public service spaces, enhanced meeting rooms and technological advances. There is a meeting room that seats 125 people, and numerous quiet study areas available. The library also offers a children's room, young adult collection, adult fiction and non-fiction collections, reference materials and a range of audiovisual material.
Campion & Co. purports to serve only Boston's "elite" -- its most affluent citizens. The business specialize in single-family homes (only in Boston's best neighborhoods) and luxury condominiums. Also, it does extensive business with Boston developers purposing to renovate Boston's ancient townhouses and other historic buildings. The head of the company (the eponymous Tracy Campion) has overseen the sale of over $558 million dollars' worth of real estate. Campion & Co. employs 10 principal associates, each of whom has biographical and contact information on the company website. Campion & Co. does business by appointment only.
