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In 1902, [1] a grant of $10,000 from the Carnegie Foundation allowed for the construction of a public library between 1903 and 1904. The building was designed by architect J.A. Fowler. [2] [3] The grant was received on March 14, 1902, with the library opening on March 3, 1905. As of 2021, it still operates as a library. [4]
To increase more outreach to the public, branches were set up in various parts of the city. In October 1989, the Fox Valley Branch was temporarily established awaiting the construction of the Eola Road Branch which opened in 1993. Another library, the West Branch library, opened in 1998. [2]
On July 31, 2021, the new Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library opened across the street at 3541 Park Avenue. The original Carnegie library site currently serves as the Library's parking lot and Pollinator Garden. The concrete "Public Library" sign from the Carnegie library has been installed in the garden. 9: Carmi Carmi: Jan 14, 1914: $10,000
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A battle over library books is dividing Metropolis, Illinois, which shares a name with Superman’s home. A pastor is framing the fight as a clash between good and evil.
The GAR Hall was the only public library in Aurora until a Carnegie library opened across the street in 1903. The hall was the meeting place of the Aurora G.A.R. Post No. 20, which was one of 779 posts in the Department of Illinois. [2] Any honorably discharged Union veteran of the war could join the group.
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The Reaching Across Illinois Library System is a regional library system consisting of approximately 1,250 public, academic, special, and school library members, representing more than 4,000 library facilities in Northern, West-central Illinois. The regional library system was created in 2011 when the Alliance Library System, DuPage Library ...