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In 1857, the City Library Association was formed in Springfield in response to the 1851 Massachusetts Public Library Law, which authorized cities and towns to establish and maintain public libraries, as well as an 1855 petition by residents requesting funding for a library. [1] Prior to this, the Springfield Library Company ran a private ...
The construction of the first library was funded with a $50,000 contribution from Andrew Carnegie in 1903. It opened, as the Springfield Public Library, in 1905 with 700 books and an annual circulation of 8,657. [3] The building served as the main library for the Springfield Library-Greene County district until 1999.
The Clark County Public Library traces its beginnings to the Springfield Lyceum in 1841 in Springfield, Ohio. [1] Various short-lived library associations followed and the library found a more permanent home on the second floor of Black's Opera House. The library housed 3,300 volumes when it opened to the public at this location in 1872.
Springfield Public Library will be closed for two weeks while it completes the final phase of its remodel. Starting Monday, the library will remain closed, meaning no physical check-outs will be ...
The Indian Orchard Branch Library is a historic branch library at 44 Oak Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Classic Revival building was constructed in 1909 to a design by John W. Donohue, and was the first permanent branch library building in the Springfield public library system; it was funded in part by a grant from Andrew Carnegie. [2]
Massachusetts Board of Free Public Library Commissioners. Free public library buildings of Massachusetts : a roll of honor, 1918. Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919
It is the second library to be built at that location. [1] Adult fiction and nonfiction are based in Rice Hall (named for William Rice), consisting of a main floor and mezzanine. Opposite Rice Hall is Wellman Hall (named for Hiller Crowell Wellman), where periodicals, foreign language materials, and the public computers are housed. The main ...
West Springfield Public Library (Massachusetts) Westfield Athenaeum; Wilbraham Public Library