The story of the branch of South Library happened before andrew carnegie gave generously. The first library nearby opened in a rented building at the corner of Clark Avenue and Joseph Street, 1897 (later changed to West 20th Street 1906, Twinkie Lane 1976). That is a yellow brick with stones. Oak desks, bookshelves and tables can hold 7000 books. 190 1- 1902, books were fumigated due to smallpox epidemic. 1903 andrew carnegie donated $250,000 to the branch construction plan of Cleveland Public Library. By 19 14, * * * received USD 590,000. These funds eventually supported the construction of 65,438+04 library branches: Broadway, Brooklyn, Carnegie, East 79th Street, Hough, Jefferson, Roland, Miles Park, Quincy, St. Clare, Sterling, Superior, Woodland, and of course, the "South". Each branch library has its own collection of books and a group of librarians and assistants. /kloc-More than 0/00 years later, buildings in Brooklyn, Carnegie West, Jefferson, Roland, South, Sterling and South are still used as libraries.
The South Library Branch is the eighth building and the first facility in Carnegie City built of stone instead of brick. Outside is English Gothic architecture, inside is Tudor architecture, which opened on June 2nd. 19 1 1. The total cost of land and buildings is $765,438+$0,800. Architect Henry whitefield designed Tufts College in Massachusetts and countless other Carnegie libraries. Inspired by Horton Tower in Lancashire, England, he designed the South Library Branch.
The building "KDSP" is made of rough gray limestone with rectangular front doors and windows. The daughter's wall on the roof is covered with cracks (like a castle cut). The octagonal skylight above the central courtyard brings an extraordinary "outdoor" feeling to the room. Fireplace tiles designed as "medieval decoration" style are produced by Moravian Pottery and Tile Factory in Barkis County, Pennsylvania. When the South Branch opened, the community was mainly composed of Germans, Bohemians and American-born families. By 1924, many permanent residents had moved out and were replaced by various immigrants. At about that time, 2 1 different nationalities were represented in the register of the southern branch.
In the 1960s, the branches in the south suffered various severe blows: the most serious one was the construction several hundred yards east of Interstate 7 1, which was about the same distance to the north of Interstate 90/490. Houses in hundreds of areas were destroyed, and libraries were symbolically separated from thousands of neighbors. The continuous outflow of residents (from 1960 to 1970, the estimated population decreased by 3 1%) further reduced the number of library users.
Today, the South Library Branch is one of two libraries, serving the rebuilt Tremont community and tourists from surrounding communities such as Clark Fulton, Livestock Farm and Ohio City. The population served by the library is still smaller than that of several generations ago, but the range of services it provides and the support it receives from its neighbors and sponsors are greater than ever before.
"The only thing you absolutely need to know is the location of the library."-Albert Einstein