Hamlin Memorial Library & Museum
Public Library & Museum, free admission to general public
This unique, 1822 granite-block building was the original Oxford County Jail. It is located on historic Paris Hill.
Hannibal Hamlin, a native of Paris Hill, was Abraham Lincoln's first Vice President. The museum includes Lincoln-Hamlin campaign materials; a collection of 19th-century diaries; artifacts relating to early Paris history; local gems and minerals; and an original 1848 Friendship Quilt.
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Address
PO Box 43
Paris, Maine 04271 - Phone 207-743-2980
- Website www.hamlin.lib.me.us
- Hours Tuesdays 11-5 Thursdays 1-6 Saturdays 10-2