The Chincoteague Island Library is a historic U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 building located at 4077 Main Street, Chincoteague

Chincoteague, Virginia

Chincoteague is a town on Chincoteague Island in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,317 at the 2000 census. The town is perhaps best known for the Chincoteague Ponies, although these are not actually on the island of Chincoteague but on nearby Assateague Island...

, Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

. This one story building was constructed in the 1890s and initially served as a drug store and then as a barber shop starting in 1908. On July 4th, 1995, it opened as a public library

Library

In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...

. It is the oldest commercial wood frame structure in Chincoteague.