Cromaine Library Crossroads Branch

Specialties

In 2005, in response to the great growth of the Hartland area, the 3,400-square-foot Crossroads branch opened in Hartland Town Center on Old US-​23, just south of M-​59. The branch’s specific service mission is convenience and popular materials. Here, there are lockers in the lobby which permit 24 hour/​7 days per week pick-​up of items held for patrons. Ten public computers with access to the Internet, a small meeting room, reading lounge, and children’s area provide a pleasant place for quick respite. Wireless access is also available inside and outside the branch.

History

Established in 1927.

The Cromaine District Library has served the residents of the Hartland Consolidated School district and surrounding townships since it was built in 1927. It was donated to the schools by J. Robert Crouse and his uncle, Henry A. Tremaine, as the result of a $ 5,000.00 bequest from John B. Crouse, father of J. Robert Crouse. Tremaine and Crouse added $ 20,000.00 to the bequest to erect the Library which was named in honor of its donors.

The Hartland schools provided the land on which the library was built under the tenure of W. D. White, Superintendent of Schools. Crouse provided a nucleus of 1,225 books for the collection.

Almost 70 years later, in November 1995, Cromaine became an independent district library, established under the District Library Establishment Act (MCL 397.171 et seq.) by Hartland Consolidated Schools and Hartland Township. It is funded by a voted millage of 1.6 mills. Cromaine Library has been and still is a valuable and vital resource to the Hartland community.