Rochambeau Library At A Glance
Today
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM Currently Closed
Hours:
Monday
9:30 am - 8:00 pm
Tuesday
9:30 am - 8:00 pm
Wednesday
9:30 am - 8:00 pm
Thursday
9:30 am - 8:00 pm
Friday
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Saturday
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Sunday
Closed
Services Available:
Upcoming Events At Rochambeau Library
Maker Marketplace: Spring 2023
Rochambeau Library - Patio 708 Hope Street, Providence, RI, United StatesWHAT IS THE MAKER MARKETPLACE? The Maker Marketplace, is a maker-centered marketplace for the whole family. It’s an opportunity for the community to support local businesses by buying hand-crafted goods […]
Chess Club
Rochambeau Library - Studio 708 Hope Street, Providence, RI, United StatesThe Chess Club is open to teens and adults. There is no instructor, just a group of people getting together to play and learn from each other. It meets at […]
Creative Play
Rochambeau Library - Children's Area 1 708 Hope Street, Providence, RI, United StatesCreative Play is an open play for toddlers and their caregivers. Each week we get out a fun toy or plaything for collaborative play. Depending on the day/week you might […]
Newspaper Club
Rochambeau Library - Children's Area 1 708 Hope Street, Providence, RI, United StatesHelp us start the Rochambeau Kids Newspaper, local news for kids, by kids. We will gather in the children's room to brainstorm article ideas and work collaboratively to publish one […]
Yiddish Book Center’s “Stories of Exile”
Rochambeau Library - Studio 708 Hope Street, Providence, RI, United StatesThe Yiddish Book Center’s “Stories of Exile” is a reading and discussion program designed to engage teens and adults in thinking about experiences of displacement, migration, and diaspora. Using Yiddish […]
Spaces
Staff

Aimee Fontaine
Systems Coordinator
401-272-3780
afontaine@clpvd.org

Lee Teverow
Adult Services Librarian
401-272-3780
lteverow@clpvd.org

Kelly Parlin
Teen Librarian
401-272-3780
rocyouth@clpvd.org

Sammi Tulungen
Youth Services Librarian
401-272-3780
rocyouth@clpvd.org

Laken Hottle
Youth Services Specialist
401-272-3780
rocyouth@clpvd.org
Speaks ASL

Cheri Melvin
Lead Library Clerk
401-272-3780
roccirculation@clpvd.org

Bonnie Reisman
Circulation Clerk
401-272-3780
roccirculation@clpvd.org

Sarah Kennedy
Program Clerk
401-272-3780
skennedy@clpvd.org

Diane Roberts
Circulation Clerk
401-272-3780
roccirculation@clpvd.org

Geoff Visiglio
Circulation Clerk
401-272-3780
roccirculation@clpvd.org
History
The library was first established as a children's library in 1915 by the Monday Morning Musical Club and was named the Elodie Farnum Memorial Library, in memory of a gifted child violinist who died young. The early library occupied space in the Rochambeau School. In 1930, the books in this collection were transferred to PPL, which built the Rochambeau Branch Library at the corner of Hope Street and Langham Road. The building was designed by Clark & Howe in the same Georgian Colonial architectural style and according to the same general layout as the other branches built by PPL at this time.
In the early years of the 21st century Rochambeau Library underwent a major renovation, at a cost of $5.1 million, with the Rochambeau Friends of the Library contributing nearly $800,000 (about 15% of the total costs) toward the project.1 PPL applied for funds from the state through the Public Library Construction Reimbursement Program to help defray the costs of this project, and the library was allocated just over $2 million, or approximately 40% of the total cost, to be paid to PPL in yearly installments over a twenty-year period ending in 2024.2