Flint Memorial , Neighbor

“To the inhabitants of the Town of North Reading: I, Harriet Flint of Wakefield, as an expression of my regard for the Town of North Reading, propose to give said Town, the Library known as the “Flint Library of North Reading.”

— Wakefield, February 27, 1873, Harriet N. Flint

In 1874, Harriet Flint purchased a small parcel of land located at the west end of the island formed by Park and Bow Street and on it she had built “the largest, most elegant, and most modern building North Reading had ever seen”. This was and is Flint Memorial Hall.