Fletcher Free Library, Public library in Burlington, US

Fletcher Free Library sits on College Street in a single-story brick building featuring terra cotta trim and a granite foundation. The structure contains book collections, digital materials, and educational resources for public use.

The library was founded in 1873 through Mary Martha Fletcher's initiative and received Carnegie funding in 1901 to construct its current building. This investment resulted in the brick structure that still stands on College Street today.

The library is named for Mary Martha Fletcher, daughter of a local businessman, who endowed it in 1873. Today it is Vermont's largest public library and the city's only free public computer centre, and it serves as a cultural resource for newly arrived immigrants to the Burlington area.

The main entrance is now in the three-story modern addition at the rear left of the 1902 Carnegie building, reached by a walkway between the two sections. The library stands at the southeast corner of College Street and South Winooski Avenue, just east of downtown Burlington.

The 1902 Carnegie building rests on a filled-in ravine, which caused major settling in 1973. The collection was moved out, and a citizens' committee blocked demolition by securing National Register listing in 1976; a grant then funded stabilization. The modern addition opened in 1981.