North Brookfield's first Public Library and Reading Room opened in the fall of 1879. For the following fifteen years, the Library was open to the public every day and evening except Sundays and holidays. It proved to be very popular and larger quarters were soon required to meet the needs of the community.

In September of 1892, Mr. Erasmus and Mrs. Elvira Haston of North Brookfield offered to give the town $30,000 to pay for a suitable building for the North Brookfield's Free Public Library. The Hastons expressed their wish to have “all the most modern conveniences and appliances provided, and authorized the trustees to have everything done in the best manner possible, and they would pay for all the extra cost occasioned thereby…” The total cost of the library, including the purchase of land, was $46,000.

The Haston Free Public Library was completed and opened in September of 1894.

In 2001 the Library Board of Trustees applied for and received a Public Library Construction Grant through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners in 2001. Additional funding for the project came from the Town taxpayers and a capital campaign fundraising effort led by the Friends of the Haston Free Public Library, Inc. An addition renovation project was undertaken in June of 2006 and was completed in September of 2007.

The newly renovated library measures 13,000 square feet and is fully ADA compliant. The Children’s service area is greatly enlarged and provides a separate craft room as well as a separate storytime area for pre-school children. The library also houses a separate area for young adult materials, a local history room, and a community meeting room.

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