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W.S Kaufman was the architect and Dennis Dwyer was the contractor hired to create and build the Carnegie Library in Greenville, Ohio. During the construction process it was found that it would cost closer to $30,000 to complete the library per Kaufman’s design. Rather than have Kaufman alter the design, Henry St. Clair offered to contribute a total of $3,610.50 and the Board of education paid the remaining $2,567 from the library fund. The finished project came in at a grand total of $31,177.50. | W.S Kaufman was the architect and Dennis Dwyer was the contractor hired to create and build the Carnegie Library in Greenville, Ohio. During the construction process it was found that it would cost closer to $30,000 to complete the library per Kaufman’s design. Rather than have Kaufman alter the design, Henry St. Clair offered to contribute a total of $3,610.50 and the Board of education paid the remaining $2,567 from the library fund. The finished project came in at a grand total of $31,177.50. | ||
School children formed a line between the | School children formed a line between the building on Fifth Street and the library in order to transfer the books to their new location. The first book to enter was the bible carried by Miss Lucy Arnold, librarian. The Carnegie Library opened to the public on March 19<sup>th</sup>, 1903. The upper level housed the St. Clair Reference Room, the adult’s reading room, the children’s reading room, the stack room, and the librarian’s office. The lower level showcased a public museum, stack room, furnace room, and janitor work room. Each floor also provided a toilet room. | ||
The Carnegie Library has encountered many changes over the years. By 1946 the library’s collection had grown so exponentially that it was decided to move the public museum to the Garst Home, which became the Garst Museum. This was also the year that the library received its first bookmobile donated by the American Aggregates Corp. Notably, in 1972, the Carnegie Library name was changed to the Greenville Public Library and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The eighties and nineties brought major renovations including an elevator, finishing the attic to create office space, and designating each floor as Circulation and Reference areas. By 2007, the Greenville Public Library had again outgrown its space so additional wings were built to the east and west adding more than 4,000 square feet to each floor. The third floor was also renovated from a large staff work area into a Community Room, a Reception Room, the Staff Lounge, and two offices, one office being the location of the Darke County Center for the Arts. After sixty-one years and four replacement vehicles, the bookmobile service was also retired this same year. | The Carnegie Library has encountered many changes over the years. By 1946 the library’s collection had grown so exponentially that it was decided to move the public museum to the Garst Home, which became the Garst Museum. This was also the year that the library received its first bookmobile donated by the American Aggregates Corp. Notably, in 1972, the Carnegie Library name was changed to the Greenville Public Library and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The eighties and nineties brought major renovations including an elevator, finishing the attic to create office space, and designating each floor as Circulation and Reference areas. By 2007, the Greenville Public Library had again outgrown its space so additional wings were built to the east and west adding more than 4,000 square feet to each floor. The third floor was also renovated from a large staff work area into a Community Room, a Reception Room, the Staff Lounge, and two offices, one office being the location of the Darke County Center for the Arts. After sixty-one years and four replacement vehicles, the bookmobile service was also retired this same year. | ||