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St. Catharines Public Library, opened January 1905 |
Roman stone exterior, c.1905. |
St. Catharines established a free public library in 1888. The library board received a $25,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie in December 1901. Its new building opened to the public on 2 January 1905, although free access was not permitted to the stack room collections.
Cost: $25,000 building; $3,000 furnishings
Main floor: stack room, general reading room, children's reading room, reference room; ladies' reading room.
Size: 66 ft. x 43 ft.
Source: Archives of Ontario, S-2052