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Uxbridge Public Library, presented 8 Dec. 1887 |
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In 1887 Joseph Gould, a former local M.P. and a member of Uxbridge's
mechanics' institute, donated a building, the Joseph Gould
Institute, to be used as a library. The building cost $5,000 to construct and
featured a clock tower. The interior included a gymnasium in the basement
and living quarters for the librarian on the second floor. Uxbridge established a
free public library just over a decade later in February 1898.
Main floor: stack room, reading room, and delivery desk.
Size: 27 ft. x 56 ft. Source: Report of the Minister of Education (Ontario) for 1907 Photo caption: Joseph Gould Institute, n.d.: white brick and red-brick trim
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