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Margaret Reaney Memorial Library and Museum in St. Johnsville
First-time visitors to the Margaret Reaney Memorial Library and Museum in St. Johnsville often have trouble focusing on their reading. In this yellow-and- gray brick building constructed in 1909, the written word often takes a back seat to the visual wonderland on display. Posted on October 30, 2011.
Joanne Young of Oppenheim and her son Zachary exit the Margaret Reaney Memorial Library and Museum after attending the library's Story Hour program earlier this month. (photo: Bill Buell/Gazette Reporter)
Members of the Klok, Zimmerman and Failing families are among the many portraits that are hanging on the walls of the Margaret Reaney Memorial Library in St. Johnsville. (Bill Buell/Gazette Reporter)
Director Dawn Lamphere Capece, right, and assistant director Marta M. Zimmerman are busy performing their duties at the Margaret Reaney Memorial Library and Museum in St. Johnsville. (photo: Bill Buell/Gazette Reporter
The interior of the Margaret Reaney Memorial Library in St. Johnsville is loaded with stacks of books and more than 50 paintings from the collection of Joseph Reaney. (Bill Buell/Gazetter Reporter)
A narrow aisle heads through the stacks of books toward the Memorial Room located at the rear of the Margaret Reaney Memorial Library and Museum in St. Johnsville. (Bill Buell/Gazette Reporter)
Director Dawn Lamphere Capece checks out the Memorial Room located in the rear of the Margaret Reaney Memorial Library and Museum. The room contains paintings and artifacts that once belonged to the Reaney family. (Bill Buell/Gazette Reporter)
A plaque dedicated to the memory of Margaret Reaney hangs on the wall of the Margaret Reaney Memorial Library in St. Johnsville. (Bill Buell/Gazette Reporter)
