1908 Carnegie Public Library, Columbus, Indiana

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1907 Carnegie Library Interior, Columbus, Ohio

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Library, Columbus, Wisconsin

Library, Columbus, Wisconsin Vintage by markomundo
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[LIB6648] - The library was designed by master architects Louis W. Claude and Edward F. Starck in 1912. It achieved statewide architectural significance as one of the most original designs of a firm noted for its distinctive libraries. The library's one-story Prairie School design is built of stucco, wood and brick. Normally the building belongs in the general class of their Prairie works but the design is also strongly influenced by the English Arts and Crafts movement. The deliberate combination of stucco and brick and vaguely Tudor-like ornamentation is more closely related to the craftsman design philosophy of the Arts and Crafts movement. The cottage-like library was designed with a T-shaped floor plan featuring an open reading room, central circulation desk, with built-in benches and bookshelves made of oak and offices in the rear completed the building. The residential elements such as the front porch, residential setback, and flower boxes give it an inviting feeling. The library was dedicated on November 1, 1912 for the contracted cost of $9,888.10. The library has been in continual use since opening. [Provided by the library website]

1915 Library, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

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Columbus, Ohio night scene by sepiatown
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1906 Carnegie Public Library, Columbus, Ohio

[LIB2585] - April 8, 1907: The new Main Library opens to the public.

Columbus Ohio 1872 Antique Panoramic Map by HistoryInFrame
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Bradley Memorial Library, Columbus, Georgia

[LIB1705] Built on the spacious estate of its namesake, the late W.C. Bradley, and dedicated in 1950. [From the back of the card]

About the current Columbus Public Library

The Columbus Public Library opened January 2005 with much fanfare. Designed by world renown architectural firm Robert A. M. Stern, Associates, the two and a half story building is 100,000 square feet in size. The first floor is dedicated to children's and teens services, best selling books and new releases, and meeting rooms. On the first floor are the Aflac Children's Room and the Aflac Children's Story Room.

The second floor houses the adult circulation materials, the Genealogy and Local History Department and the W. C. Bradley Memorial Reading Room (Reference Department). [Website]

Fant Memorial Library, Mississippi State College for Women, Columbus, MS

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1922 Rudolf Memorial Library, Capital University, Columbus OH

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The Rudolf Library was dedicated in June 1915 and was an achievement of President Otto Mees (1912 -1946). “Due to lack of shelf space, lack of reading rooms, and cramped and inadequate offices for the staff” a new library, The Blackmore Library, was built where Recitation Hall once stood. The Blackmore Library opened after Thanksgiving vacation in 1970. The Rudolf Library is now the Kerns Religious Life Center. [This information was provided by Tina Valerius, Web/Reference Librarian, Blackmore Library, Capital University and was extracted from Chronicle of Change: Capital University 1950-2000 by James L. Burke, copyright 2002]

Carnegie Library, Columbus, Ohio

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November 13, 1903: Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Main Library, made possible with a $200,000 gift from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. [SOURCE]

1920 Carnegie Public Library, COLUMBUS OH

In 1920 Annie N. Battelle became the first woman library trustee. [SOURCE, read more]

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Library Reading Room, Ohio Historical Center COLUMBUS OH

In 1885 a group of Ohioans established the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, proclaiming in its charter the goal of preserving aspects of the state's past. These citizens realized that Ohio's numerous earthworks and significant ancient artifacts offered eloquent testimony about its prehistoric heritage. In addition, they wanted to document Ohio's contributions to the nation's growth and development. They were concerned that, without a statewide organization dedicated to the preservation of Ohio's history, much of the physical evidence of Ohio's past would be, at best, preserved by museums and libraries outside the state, or at worst, lost entirely. [SOURCE, read more]


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Fant Memorial Library, Mississippi State College for Women, COLUMBUS MS

"A modern addition, completed in 1959, doubles stack space and contains the Beulah Culbertson Room. The MSCW library was named for President John Clayton Fant in 1930."

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History of the First Baptist Church, Columbus, Mississippi, 1832-1964

1913 Carnegie Library COLUMBUS OH

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