Brown Memorial Library, Clinton, Maine

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A beauty of a photo taken from the library's website. 

 “I wished to do something in the memory of my  dear parents who were my ideal of all that is best and purest in life…”

Thus spoken, William W. Brown, (1821-1911), dedicated a very special gift to his hometown of Clinton, Maine in remembrance of his parents Jonathan and Betsey (Michaels) Brown. That gift was Brown Memorial Library.

Visit the Brown Memorial Library website. 

1908 Public Library, Clinton, Iowa

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Public Library and Holden Memorial, Clinton, Massachusetts

[LIB6650] - The Bigelow Free Public Library is named in honor of Erastus Brigham Bigelow, its greatest benefactor. Originally known as the Bigelow Mechanics Institute, it was founded in 1846, as a subscription library. The name evolved to the Bigelow Public Library, with its collection housed, at various times, in several municipal buildings.

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Post Library, Schick General Hospital, Clinton, Iowa

[LIB2753] - Amazing by today's standards, Clinton's bustling Schick Hospital was built in less than a year on about 100 acres of former farmland and the city's old Root Park.
It emerged at a cost of about $2.5 million, well under its initial budget, with "first-class" everything, said Jone Trumpeter of rural Clinton, who recently published a book of newspaper clippings about the Schick Hospital era. "It had a gymnasium, a theater, an Olympic-sized swimming pool," she said. "There were maybe 62 or 63 buildings." [Website]

1912 Public Library, Clinton, Massachusetts

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The Bigelow Free Public Library is named in honor of Erastus Brigham Bigelow, its greatest benefactor. Originally known as the Bigelow Mechanics Institute, it was founded in 1846, as a subscription library. The name evolved to the Bigelow Public Library, with its collection housed, at various times, in several municipal buildings.

The present site, at the corner or Walnut and Church Street, became available when the land was donated to the town. The home of Dr. Samuel Morse, the town's first physician, was auctioned off, piece by piece, including the fence boards. Once the land was vacant, the site was ready for construction of the Bigelow Free Public Library, through a grant from the Carnegie Foundation.

The library building has remained basically unchanged since its dedication in 1903. It is located across the street from the town hall and Central Park, in the geographic center of the town. [From the website]

1908 Morgan Everts Library, Clarion, Iowa

[LIB0347] - Clarion Public Library - In February, 1907, the city. voted through its council, to accept the generous offer of Morgan Everts, then of California, but for many years counted one of the pioneers of Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa, to raise a fund of five thousand dollars, after which said Everts would donate ten thousand dollars more toward erecting and maintaining a public library to be known as the "Morgan, Everts Library." The city voted on this question on March 2, 1907, and the measure carried. Read more here.

Public Library, Clinton, Iowa

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After the voters approved the establishment of a free public library on March 31, 1902, the library organization ordinance was passed by the City Council at its regular meeting on May 13, 1902. On May 23, 1902, Mayor E. A. Hughes' nominees to the first Library Board of Trustees were approved by City Council. The land where the library is currently located was donated to the city by Emma Lamb Young. Ground was broken on June 24, 1903 and construction was completed one year later in June 1904. The day Theodore Roosevelt was elected to his second term, the library opened its doors to the public for the grand showing. On November 9, the library allowed the public to check out books. [Thanks to the Clinton Public Library /www.clinton.lib.ia.us!]