Fletcher Memorial Library, Ludlow, Vermont

[LIB2776] - Published by the Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine. Made in Germany, no. 331313.

The building has long been recognized as an architectural gem, "the style being that of later English Renaissance". The main Library entrance is a free adaptation of the Winchester School in Winchester , England . The exterior is red brick, trimmed with accents of Bedford limestone on a base of Medfordgranite. Italian marble, Vermont marble and Caen stone, (quarried only in France ) all complemented by gracefully paneled Michigan Oak appoint the interior. [Website]

Goodall Memorial Library, Sanford, Maine

[LIB3774] - The library remained on School Street until 1937, when a brick colonial-style building was erected and given to the town of Sanford by Dr. and Mrs. Harvey D. Thornburg. Designed by Sanford native William O. Armitage, the building was named in honor of Mrs. Thornburg’s father. [Website]

Sanford, ME Panoramic Map - 1889 by lc_maps
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Public Library, Jefferson, Iowa

[LIB2762] - The Jefferson Public Library was founded in 1901. A $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation in 1903 enabled the city to construct the existing library building. In 1967, a new addition was built to house the growing collections. Renovations completed in 1990 made the library handicapped accessible. The Galaxy Automation System, which computerized the card catalog and circulation functions of the library, was installed in 1995. [Website]

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]

Woodworth Library, Fort Gordon, Georgia

[LIB2752] - Woodworth Library is main library of Fort Gordon, and is named in honor of Capt. Clark N. Woodworth, killed in action in Viet Nam. Fort Gordon, located in eastern Georgia 12 miles from Augusta, encompasses 55,600 acres and contains the U.S. Army School Training Center. [From the back of the card]

1911 Farnsworth Library, Oconto, Wisconsin

[LIB2751] - George W. Farnsworth, Sr., President of the Oconto Lumber Company, came to Oconto in 1856 at the age of 31. He became very successful for a man who had little formal education except from reading good books.

In his Library Dedication Address, Mr. Farnsworth spoke of coming to Oconto a poor man and wanted to leave an acknowledgement of the good he had received during his life here. He decided on something very useful to benefit the community—a free public library. In December 1901, Farnsworth made a proposition to the City Council offering to build a library, if the city would maintain it. On March 11, 1902, the City formally accepted Farnsworth's gift with the provision that a yearly appropriation be made annually for maintenance. Oconto's free public library was dedicated on June 27, 1903. Almost from the beginning, the library became the center of a traveling library system for all of Oconto County. [Website]