Main Library (Columbus, Ohio)
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| Country | United States |
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| Location | 96 S. Grant Avenue Columbus, Ohio, United States |
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| Branch of | Columbus Metropolitan Library |
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The Main Library of the Columbus Metropolitan Library system is located in Downtown Columbus, Ohio, United States. It originally opened on April 4, 1907, as a Carnegie library and was renovated and expanded four times in the decades since, most recently in 2016.
History[edit]
The first public library in Columbus, the downtown reading room on the first floor of City Hall, opened on March 4, 1873, and contained 1,500 books provided by the city using a property tax.[2] The reading room later moved to a separate building across from the Ohio Statehouse.[2]
Columbus was initially passed over by Carnegie for funds to build a large main library, as it was against his preference for smaller branches accessible to local working class residents.[3] Library director John Pugh traveled to Scotland and secured Carnegie's $150,000 donation after conversing with him with their native languages of Welsh and Scot, respectively.[citation needed] The donation was later increased to $200,000 in 1903.[4]
- Dedicated on April 4, 1907 using Carnegie library funding ($200,000)[5]
Main Library was built in 1907, Albert Randolph Ross, New York, and Wilbur T. Mills, Columbus, architects.[9]
Since it initially opened, the library has undergone several major renovations and expansions to accommodate the city's increasing population.
- Renovations
- Four additions and renovations[10]
- Renovations: 1950s, 1991, 2015
- 1990 renovation finished on January 2, 1991 and dedicated on April 30, 1991 by First Lady Barbara Bush and Governor George V. Voinovich[11]
- Temporarily reopened on July 5, 1989
- Demolished old addition from 1950s
- $39 million to renovate Carnegie space, add 224,200 sq ft and parking garage
- Total space: 418,800 sq ft (previously 87,000 sq ft)[12]
- Latest renovation
- Approved in 2014?
- Groundbreaking on February 24, 2015[13]
- Closed on April 13, 2015, two months after renovations began[14][15]
- 1991 addition is focus; 80 percent of materials moved to storage while rest is relocated to other branches[16]
- Connection to Topiary Park added
- Re-opened on June 25, 2016 with new park plaza, new interior, etc
- New public art as required by city[17]
- $35 million cost; part of $130 million refresh of 10 branches funded by levy
Facilities and grounds[edit]
- Building features and rooms
- Marble in old Carnegie section, now used as entrance and art gallery
- Carnegie's Cafe, Carnegie Gallery, Library Store[18]
- Adjacent to Cristo Rey Columbus High School (which lacks a school library to use the main branch)
Topiary Park[edit]
Topiary Park is a public park adjacent to the library, constructed in the late 1980s and early 1990s and designed by James and Elaine Mason.[19] The library's 2016 renovation included seating and parkland constructed between the library and Topiary Park. One of the goals of the renovation was to better join the library to the park.[20]
Collections[edit]
- Special collections list
See also[edit]
Others articles of the Topic Education : Loknayak Jai Prakash Institute Of Technology, University of Texas–Pan American
References[edit]
- ↑ "Main Library". Libraries.org. Library Technology Guides. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tebben, Gerald (March 4, 2012). "Columbus Mileposts: March 4, 1873 – Reading room came before Main Library". The Columbus Dispatch. p. B5.
- ↑ Narciso, Dean (April 28, 2007). "100 years in the books for library". The Columbus Dispatch. p. A1.
- ↑ "Mr. Carnegie Gives More". The New York Times. February 2, 1903. p. 1.
- ↑ Narciso, Dean (June 19, 2016). "Main Library ready to show off its $35 million renovation". The Columbus Dispatch. p. A8.
- ↑ "New Library Dedicated". Indiana Evening Gazette. Indiana, Pennsylvania. April 4, 1907. p. 1.
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24688746/columbia_library_dedicated/
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/image/59357870/?terms=columbus%2Blibrary
- ↑ The AIA Guide to Columbus.
- ↑ https://www.columbuslibrary.org/press/library-board-approves-architects-main-library-renovation
- ↑ https://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/a-look-back/2010/04/two_first_ladies_help_dedicate.html
- ↑ Pearl, Janet A. (July 6, 1989). "Expanded library opens its doors". The Columbus Dispatch. p. E1.
- ↑ https://www.columbuslibrary.org/press/library-host-%E2%80%9Cwall-breaking%E2%80%9D-ceremony-kick-main-library-renovation
- ↑ https://www.columbuslibrary.org/press/columbus-metropolitan-library-reopens-its-main-library-public-after-16-month-renovation
- ↑ https://www.columbuslibrary.org/press/main-library-close-public-during-renovation
- ↑ https://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/02/02/main-library-downtown-shrinking-to-allow-renovations.html
- ↑ https://www.columbuslibrary.org/press/library-board-commissions-public-art-renovated-main-library
- ↑ https://www.columbuslibrary.org/locations/Main%20Library
- ↑ Gottsacker, Erin (July 3, 2017). "Curious Cbus: What's The Story Behind Topiary Park?". WOSU Radio. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Columbus Metropolitan Library: Main Branch serving downtown Columbus". Schooley Caldwell. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
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