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Smith's Falls Public Library, opened 25 Feb. 1904 |
stone basement with pressed brick. |
After a gift from Andrew Carnegie was received for the sum of $11,000 on 23 January 1902, Smith's Falls proceeded to erect a handsome Beaux Arts style library which was completed in 1903. Andrew Carnegie personally visited the library on 28 April 1906. Three prominent citizens--Francis, Charles, and William Frost--pledged money to operate the library for the following twenty years.
Main floor: board room, reading room, stack room, ladies' reading room, and reference room.
Size: 57 ft. x 51 ft.
Source: Archives of Ontario, S-2059