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In the early 1900s, Rochester Postmaster Osman Warren contacted Andrew Carnegie
to secure his help in providing financial help in building a new
library. The Carnegie Institute responded with a check for $20,000. The
brand new library was built on the site of what was the Main Street
School. The library was built in the new Georgian revival
style using brick and granite, and the inside was finished with golden
oak and cypress. The library opened on October 2, 1905, and 150 people
registered the first day. Miss Lillian Parshley was the first librarian,
serving until her death in 1945. Velma Foss, Miss Parshley's assistant,
was the second librarian of the Rochester Library. [Wikipedia]
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