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The Kent District Library is a public library system located in Kent County, Michigan. With twenty branch locations and an annual circulation of more than 8.2 million items (2016 circulation data) , [ 1 ] the Kent District Library is one of the largest and busiest library systems in all of Michigan.
In service as library until December 2005. Now bank branch and offices for Thumb National Bank. 7: Benton Harbor Benton Harbor: Mar 14, 1902: $20,000 E Wall St. and 6th St. Now a parking lot for newer library. 8: Boyne City Boyne City: Mar 31, 1916: $15,000 201 E. Main St.
At the time, the Centre Park Library on Gratiot and Library street in the downtown district was the main branch. Andrew Carnegie offered $750,000 for the proposed main branch, and the city asked to submit a ballot question regarding issuing $500,000 of library bonds for purpose of complying with Carnegie's offer. However, voters rejected ...
The Kentwood Branch Library opened in 2010 on Breton Avenue, next to Kentwood City Hall. Mayor Stephen Kepley, who at the time was the City Engineer, was the project manager for the new library. The library was named the Richard L. Root Library after Kentwood's fifth mayor, who led the city commission and residents in approving a dedicated ...
Lowell is a city in Kent County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,783 at the 2010 census . Lowell is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is about 15 miles (24.1 km) east of the city of Grand Rapids .
The library remained in the building even after Ernest Graham's death in 1936. In 1954, the village of Lowell purchased the house from the Graham heirs, to use as a home for the library. [3] In 1997, the library moved to a new location, [4] and by 2001 the Lowell Area Historical Museum had opened in the house. [2]
Carnegie Library (314 West Grand River Avenue) The Carnegie Library is located across the street from the Presbyterian Church, and is located on a large lot in a park-like setting. It is a Neoclassical building, constructed in 1903-06 of local fieldstone and granite shaded gray, deep rose and white. A round cupola is atop the roof.
Bowne Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,289. [3]The township was organized as a survey township in 1848.