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Denver Public Library : ウィキペディア英語版 | Denver Public Library
Denver Public Library is the public library system of the City and County of Denver, Colorado. The system includes the Denver Central Library, located in the Golden Triangle District of Downtown Denver, as well as 25 branch locations and two bookmobiles.〔(Central Library Maps and Call Number Guide )((PDF )). Denver Public Library. Retrieved: 2011-03-30.〕 The library’s collection totals more than 2 million items, including books, reference materials, movies, DVDs and photographs. Of that total, more than 347,000 items are in specific collections including the Western History and Genealogy Department, Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library and Reference Department holdings.〔(Facts & Figures ) Denver Public Library. Retrieved: 2012-02-29.〕 ==History==
The library was established in June 1889 by City Librarian John Cotton Dana in a wing of Denver High School. In 1910, the library acquired a building of its own, called the Central Library, a Greek revival design funded by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie that was located in Civic Center Park in downtown. Between 1913 and 1920, Carnegie also underwrote construction of the first eight branches of the city library. Previously the city relied on traveling trunks of books. The city commissioned a new structure located on Broadway and West 14th Avenue and built by the firm of Fisher & Fisher and designed by Burnham Hoyt.〔(Burnham Hoyt: Architect of the North Wing of the Central Library )〕 The Broadway property had previously been a dealership for the Ford Model T before being condemned by the City in 1953.〔(second dealership location photo at 14th and Broadway )〕 In 1990, 75% of Denver voters approved a $91.6 million bond issue to add onto the Fisher and Fisher/Burnham Hoyt building. The structure was designed by architect Michael Graves and the Denver firm of Klipp Colussy Jenks DuBois, and is beside the Denver Art Museum. The building at 1357 Broadway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1990, as ''Denver Public Library''.
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