EL RITO LIBRARY - Key Persons
The library room that is our Children's Room was originally built in the 1930s as Placitas Middle School. Later a three room WPA adobe structure was added and later a community room, kitchen space, and rest rooms. In 1969, when students moved into new facilities, our building housed the El Rito Headstart Program and the Rio Arriba Senior Citizens Center. On May 5, 1986, Las Clinicas del Norte Director Andy R. Lopez and professional librarian Betsy McIntosh (1918-2001) established the El Rito Public Library. The library occupied one room. Other rooms housed the senior center and the clinic. The Senior Citizens Center moved out after a new Community Center was built in El Rito.