History & local legend
Milton Public Library once occupied the former Milton National Bank building on South Front Street. The town acquired the building for the library in 1932, and an account preserved in the Shadowlands collection concerns that older location, rather than the library’s later home at Rose Hill.
An employee returned after closing to retrieve a forgotten sweater. While in the basement, the worker heard footsteps overhead in the area containing children’s books and part of the adult collection. Assuming a supervisor had also returned, the employee went upstairs and searched the rooms. Nobody was there.
Other staff members reportedly recognized the experience. They described feeling watched or followed while moving through the shelves. Their explanation was that a former librarian who had died young still visited the building to check on it.
