1909 Woodland Free Library, Cleveland, Ohio

[LIB9865] - The first building on the present site was a small Methodist chapel. At its inception, Woodland Library was described in the 1904 Annual Report as: “a one story colonial structure of brick, with stone trimmings, in a setting of green lawn, flowers, and shade trees.” The entrance opened into a wainscoted vestibule with a leaded glass partition. In the corridor hung Ongania’s St. Mark’s.

In 1957 the building burned down and was rebuilt  to open in 1961. The new Woodland Branch is a low-slung modern one-story building.

Library, Cleveland, Ohio c1934 Greeting Card

A reproduction of a vintage post card shows the Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio. This item is of archival quality, high resolution of 600 ppi, it has been retouched, recolored in areas, cropped and enhanced. This assures that your item will print with the highest quality possible.

The Cleveland Public Library was founded in 1869 and is located in Cleveland, Ohio. It operates the Main Library on Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland, 28 branches throughout the city, a mobile library, a Public Administration Library in City Hall, and a library for the blind and physically handicapped.

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1939 Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio

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"The public library is located at Superior Ave. at East 3rd Street. It is of gray Georgian marble and was built at a cost of $4,000,000." This is approximately $61M in today's dollar.

1906 The Library, Adelbert College, CLEVELAND OH

Western Reserve College’s name changed. In 1892, Amasa Stone donated a sizable fund of money to the institution. As a result of this gift, Western Reserve College became Adelbert College of Western Reserve University. Adelbert was the name of Stone’s son. In 1967, Adelbert College and Case Institute of Technology merged, creating modern-day Case Western Reserve University. [SOURCE]

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