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Aaron Barber Memorial Building, also known as Avon Free Library, is a historic library building located at the village of Avon in Livingston County, New York. It is a rectangular five- by three-bay brick one story brick building with a hipped roof. It was built in 1928 in the Colonial Revival style. [2]
Avon has a public library, a branch of the Lorain Public Library. [18] As of October 2022, this library was under construction to add 16,000 square feet to the existing library after receiving the funds necessary for such an expansion after passing in a levy in May 2020. [19] The expansion opened in January 2023. [20]
The Avon Free Public Library was founded in 1791. In 1798, a resident offered library services within his home with a collection of 111 titles. [citation needed] The library is a member of Library Connection, Incorporated, the cooperative regional automated circulation and online catalog database system. [13]
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The library was first established in January 1931 by a Board of Trustees as appointed by the Avon Lake Village Council and mayor. The opening budget was $1,000 and the first book purchased for the collection was Penrod by Booth Tarkington. [19] Today, the Avon Lake Public Library circulates over 620,000 items with a general fund of $2.9 million ...
Avon's story begins deep in the forest of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, in the territory of the ancient town of Dorchester.In 1630 the Indian chief Chicataubut, in return for a sum of money, gave the English the right to settle Dorchester, south to the top of Blue Hill.
Avon is located in northwestern Fulton County at (40.662254, -90.435485 A small portion of the village extends west into Warren County . Illinois Route 41 passes through the village, leading north 21 miles (34 km) to Galesburg and southwest 10 miles (16 km) to Bushnell .
Former Capitol Police officers present during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection said President-elect Trump’s commitment to pardon rioters is “a betrayal.” “It’s a betrayal, a stab in the ...