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Louis Dearborn LaMoore was born in Jamestown, North Dakota, on March 22, 1908, the seventh child of Emily Dearborn and veterinarian, local politician, and farm equipment broker Louis Charles LaMoore (who had changed the French spelling of the name L'Amour). His mother had Irish ancestry, while his father was of French-Canadian descent.
The Main Branch is the headquarters of the Detroit Public Library System in Detroit, Michigan. It is located in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood, between Woodward Avenue and Cass Avenue. Designed by Cass Gilbert , the Main Branch was constructed with Vermont marble and serpentine Italian marble trim in an Italian Renaissance style.
The Monroe County Courthouse, where Lee watched her father practice law as a child, now operates as a museum. ... Born Louis Dearborn LaMoore in 1908, the North Dakota native grew up in Jamestown ...
The Detroit Public Library: An American Classic. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-4232-9. Hill, Eric J.; John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-8143-3120-0. Parnassus on Main Street: A History of the Detroit Public Library.
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In 1963, to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the birth of Henry Ford, the Ford Foundation donated three million dollars to the City of Dearborn to construct a memorial library. On July 30, 1963, Ford's hundredth birthday, the Ford Motor Company deeded 15.3 acres (6.2 ha) of land to the City of Dearborn for the building.
Anderson, Florence (1963). Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961.New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382.; Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development.
The Dearborn Public Library is hosting a talk with the author of the new book on the Challenger disaster. Here's how to attend. ... Kristi Tanner, Detroit Free Press. June 2, 2024 at 8:36 AM ...