Library Cats in Massachusetts

Cat

Year(s) in residence

Library

Giles

c. 1910-c. 1917

Boston Athenaeum
Boston
(617) 227-0270

Tabby the Wise

c. 1900-c. 1910

Leo
(statue)

1895-present

Boston Public Library
Boston
(617) 536-5400

Leona
(statue)

1895-present
Dewey late 1950's-early 1960's Boston Public Library
Egleston Square Branch
Roxbury
(617) 445-4340

Charisma

mid-1970's

Boston Public Library
Uphams Corner Branch
Dorchester
(617) 265-0139

Hec

mid-1970's
1999-2002
Boylston Public Library
Boylston
(508) 869-2371

Leo Katz

1992-present

Brockton Public Library
Brockton
(508) 580-7890

Dotty

1993-1997

Centerville Public Library
Centerville
(508) 775-1787
Molly 1995-1997 Dedham Public Library
Dedham
(617) 326-0583

Melville Dewey

1987-1994

Eastham Public Library
Eastham
(508) 255-3070

Buster

1999-2006
d. May 3, 2006

Monson Free Library
Monson
(413) 267-3866

Horatio

1999

Mrs. Periwinkle

?-present

Nantucket Atheneum
Nantucket
(508) 228-1110

Nicky

c. 2000

Northborough Free Library
Northborough
(508) 393-5025

Booklet Wallenda

1985

Fancy Free

1985
Pepper 1988-1996 South Hadley Public Library
South Hadley
(413) 538-5045

Penny

2004-present

Swansea Public Library
Swansea, MA 02777
(508) 674-9609

Spooky

1992-2004
d. July 31, 2004
Pages mid-1980's Watertown Free Public Library
Watertown
(617) 972-6431

Gordon

1995-present

Wayland Free Public Library
Wayland
(508) 358-2311

Max

1990-1991

Wellfleet Public Library
Wellfleet
(508) 349-0310

Sadie

1995-2008
d. May 19, 2008

Meekins Library
Williamsburg
(413) 268-7472

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