San Mateo Public Library: Difference between revisions

Efforts to build a community library in San Mateo began in 1883.  The first library opened in 1885 in Library Hall on B Street.  Following the 1906 earthquake, the library moved into a new, larger facility in 1907 at 2nd Avenue.  Two more branch libraries opened in San Mateo; Hillsdale Library in 1957 and Marina Library in 1966.  In 1968, a new, three-story Main Library opened at 55 W. Third Avenue.  Once again the library outgrew that building and in 2006 the current Main Library opened in a larger footprint on the W. 3rd Avenue site.  In 2023 the San Mateo Public Library began a partnership with the San Mateo Genealogical Society and SMCGS moved its library from Skyline College to the Main Library where it resides today. [https://www.cityofsanmateo.org/544/History-of-the-Library Timeline History of the San Mateo Public Library]