1910 The Dow Private Library was started with 1,474 books. The first year’s circulation was 9,904.
1917 The Dow Private Library was given to the Village of Randolph and renamed
the Randolph Free Library.
1919 Randolph Free Library received its charter from New York State as a
Public library.
1949 On October 8th at 2:00 pm , the current library building opened. Funds were
provided by the Foy Trust.
1955 The Snover Room was added to the library.
1964 The Randolph Free Library became a member of the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus
Library System.
2007 A two story addition was completed.