About The Library
About the Mercantile Library
To fulfill its mission as the literary center of the region, the Library maintains and expands its historic collection of books and presents a rich schedule of events of interest to anyone who enjoys books and reading. Throughout the year there are visits by authors and writers, book discussions, workshops, and forums. Additionally, the Library is home to a collection of artworks including portrait busts, paintings, and the sketchbooks of the Cincinnati-trained artist Elizabeth Nourse. The Library also presents musical events.
The Library's reading room is one of the city's most historic and notable interior spaces.
The Mercantile Library
The Mercantile Library Building
414 Walnut Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: (513) 621-0717
Fax: (513) 621-2023
Web: mercantilelibrary.com
E-mail: mercantileinfo@mercantilelibrary.com
Membership Libraries
The Mercantile Library is one of America's membership libraries. These predecessors of today’s public libraries possess collections of immense interest and are often housed in buildings of architectural and historic importance. Their histories are detailed in America's Membership Libraries, published by Oak Knoll Press and available for purchase at the Mercantile Library.
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
La Jolla, California
www.ljathenaeum.org
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
www.PhilaAthenaeum.org
The Boston Athenaeum
Boston, Massachusetts
www.bostonathenaeum.org
The Charleston Library Society
Charleston, South Carolina
www.charlestonlibrarysociety.org
The General Society Library
New York, New York
www.generalsociety.org
The Institute Library
New Haven, Connecticut
The Lanier Library
Tryon, North Carolina
www.lanierlib.org
The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association Library
Portland, Maine
The Mechanics’ Institute Library
San Francisco, California
www.milibrary.org
The Mercantile Library
New York, New York
www.mercantilelibrary.org
The Minneapolis Athenaeum
Minneapolis, Minnesota
www.minneapolisathenaeum.org
Nantucket Athenaeum
Nantucket, Massachusetts
www.nantucketatheneum.org
The New York Society Library
New York, New York
www.nysoclib.org
The Portsmouth Athenaeum
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
www.portsmouthathenaeum.org
The Providence Athenaeum
Providence, Rhode Island
www.providenceathenaeum.org
Redwood Library & Athenaeum
Newport, Rhode Island
www.redwood1747.org
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
www.stjathenaeum.org
The St. Louis Mercantile Library Association
St. Louis, Missouri
www.umsl.edu/mercantile/
The Salem Athenaeum
Salem, Massachusetts
www.salemathenaeum.net
Timrod Literary and Library Association
Summerville, South Carolina
www.timrodlibrary.org
