Birthplace Home

Gingerbread architects of all skill levels are invited to build a gingerbread house! Join us to share ideas and inspiration—and enjoy a little friendly competition when you enter the library’s Gingerbread House Contest.

This program is for adults. Families are welcome to attend the 2 p.m. session on the same day.

Join us to discuss The Maid by Nita Prose.

This month, we'll chat about In Five Years by Rebecca Serle.

The McKinley Memorial Library and the McKinley Birthplace Home will be closed:

• Saturday, December 30 (in observance of New Year's Eve)
• Sunday, December 31 (New Year's Eve)
• Monday, January 1, 2024 (New Year's Day)

This month, we'll discuss Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose.

Join us to discuss Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee.

The McKinley Memorial Library and the McKinley Birthplace Home will be closed:

• Saturday, December 23 (in observance of Christmas Eve)
• Sunday, December 24 (Christmas Eve)
• Monday, December 25 (Christmas Day)

Celebrate Presidents’ Day at the birthplace of Niles’s own President William McKinley!

• Write an acrostic poem with a hand-cut quill pen
• Make your very own red carnation
• Play presidential trivia
• The McKinley Birthplace Home will also be open for tours
• Crafts & activities available while supplies last

The McKinley Memorial Library and the McKinley Birthplace Home and Research Center Thanksgiving Holiday Hours:

• Thanksgiving Eve: Wednesday, November 22 (Closing Early at 5 PM)
• Thanksgiving Day: Thursday, November 23 (CLOSED)