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Barrie Public Library |
Carnegie promise 23 July 1914 |
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Andrew Carnegie promised a grant of $15,000 for construction of a free public library in 1914. The building was completed at the corner of Collier and Mulcaster Streets in 1915. The architect was Alfred H. Chapman, who previously had designed the Toronto Reference Library on College Street.
Source: National Archives of Canada, PA-57973