Friday, May 13, 2011

Packard Public Library, Salt Lake City, Utah

[LIB1678] Thanks to a donation of land and money by a John Quackenbos Packard in 1905, a new library was built in downtown Salt Lake City; the building is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This library remained in use until it outgrew the building in the early 1960s. [Wikipedia]

1948 Public Library, Pottsville, Pennsylvania

[LIB1677] Pottsville's present public library is partly a private triumph. The land on which it stands and more than half of its construction cost of $100,000 were gifts from Arthur, Henry W. and Louise Sheafer, members of a wealthy Pottsville family whose fortune had been made in coal and iron. [Read more]

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

1905 Adriance Memorial Library, Poughkeepsie, New York

[LIB1660] The Adriance Memorial Library, named after a family who provided funding for the construction of its building in 1897, is the oldest tax-supported library in New York State and the third oldest in the United States, dating back to 1839 at various locations prior to the construction of the current building. The building, which was expanded in 1922, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[Wikipedia]

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Public Library, Sargentville, Maine

[LIB1658] The Sargentville Library holds a unique collection of new and old titles, classics, biographies, and U.S. and world history. The library also also has a number of interesting titles on Maine, along with some history on Sargentville, its local families and surrounding areas.[Website]

1919 Public Library and Baptist Church, Exeter, New Hampshire

[LIB1657] History of the town of Exeter, New Hampshire

1910 Public Library, Exeter, New Hampshire

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