This Month in History: New Hampshire State Library installation
Thermostats of the Johnson Electric Service Co. as seen in a page from an 1893 catalog.
December 24, 1894: Considered to be oldest state library in the United States
On December 24, 1894, the Johnson Electric Service Co. (Johnson Controls' former name) registered a contract for installation of temperature controls at the New Hampshire State Library in Concord. The library building, made of granite native to the state, was completed the following year. Considered to be the oldest state library in the United States, it traces its beginnings to 1717. Now part of a complex of buildings comprising the center of state government, the New Hampshire State Library serves all branches of state government and all citizens of the state.
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In 1885, long before anyone talked about carbon footprints or climate change, Warren Johnson launched a company to explore new ways to harness and conserve precious energy resources.