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Cass District Library is the library system which services Calvin, Howard, Jefferson, LaGrange, Mason, Milton, Newberg, Ontwa, Penn, Pokagon, Porter and Volinia Townships in Cass County, Michigan, USA.〔(Cass District Library ). Retrieved 2009-12-26.〕 Currently the Cass District Library has a total of five libraries located around Cass County. The Cass District Library has a staff of 19 people. It services a population of almost 37,000 people〔 covering almost . The library is a community gathering place as they allow the public to use two meeting rooms at no charge. All branches of this library system are participating member of the MichiCard system. ==History== The start of the current library systems has its roots in 1871, when the Legislature created the Cassopolis Reading Room and Library Association. The objective of the society was "the establishment and maintenance of a library and reading room; the procuring and furnishing of lectures on literary and scientific subjects, scientific and intellectual improvements". By 1889 the library had 1400 volumes and was open two hours per week for members of the association to circulate books. The village of Cassopolis received funds from Andrew Carnegie to establish a public library in Cassopolis;〔Federowski, Marjori. ("The Early History of the Cassopolis/ Vandalia Area: 1825 to 1945" ). Retrieved 2009-12-26.〕 in 1909 building of the LaGrange Township Library was completed (today this building is home to the Local History Branch of the library system). The Cass County board of supervisors purchased a building for a new library in December 1959. The handsome, flagstone-fronted structure required extensive repairs before the library could be opened. The library eventually outgrew this building. Construction of a new Cass County Library building, on a property, was completed in 1977. In February 1973 the Cass County Library founded the Mason-Union Branch Library in the Mason District Number 5 Schoolhouse in Edwardsburg, Michigan. The building is listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and Michigan Register of Historic Places. Constructed in 1874-1875, at a cost of $3,000.00, the building is atypical for its era, with Italianate architecture. The building is noted in the registry for its unusual size and architectural distinction.〔(Mason District No. 5 Schoolhouse ) Retrieved December 24, 2009〕〔(Mason Township Historical Data ) Retrieved December 24, 2009〕 The LaGrange Library closed its doors in 1993 when the Cass County Library joined with the LaGrange Township Library to form the Cass District Library. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cass District Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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