Due to overcrowded conditions in the existing library building, the City made a request in 1907 to Andrew Carnegie for additional funding. This was accepted and they were awarded a total of $12,500 (the award was increased following the 1906 earthquake). Furnishings and shelving for the library was paid for by donations. It would have taken many more years to build a city library without the grant funding. The old library building was a shared facility and was not an adequate library for a growing town.
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