1895 – Library moves into New School Church building

The Ladies’ Library Association was incorporated in 1889 with Mary Lapham selected to serve as its chairperson. Lapham, a daughter of privilege who worked in her father’s bank on Main Street, would donate the first 250 books to the library — the nucleus of its collection — and eventually deed its future building to the Ladies’ Library Association. An active member and president of the Northville Woman’s Club and a Northville School Board trustee, Lapham distinguished herself as a bulwark in the community.