Clapp Memorial Library

The Clapp Memorial Library is a popular and dynamic community resource which strives to satisfy the need for high quality, comprehensive public library services in areas that are among the most important to the Belchertown community.

The Clapp Memorial Library was made possible chiefly by a bequest of Belchertown native John Francis Clapp. John Francis ...Clapp, the eldest child of James and Marilla, was born in Belchertown in 1818. A studious youth more interested in books than in games, he is known to have said in later years that he never had enough to read as a boy. Toward the end of his life, John Francis Clapp...