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River Forest Public Library : ウィキペディア英語版 | River Forest Public Library The River Forest Public Library is located at 735 Lathrop in River Forest, Illinois. The library serves the local community and is also part of the Metropolitan Library System, which connects libraries in the south and west suburbs of Chicago through a shared catalog and other services. The current library building was designed by renowned prairie school architect William Eugene Drummond and was constructed in 1928-1929.〔''A History of the River Forest Public Library'' by Susan R. Hanes. Taken from pamphlet titled ''River Forest Public Library, 1900-2000, Celebrating 100 Years.''〕 An addition was added to the existing structure during the early 1990s. The River Forest Public Library serves a community of about 11,000 and has approximately 9,000 cardholders and 70,000 items. ==History== The River Forest Women's Club was the impetus for the establishment of a public library in the community in the late 1890s. In 1898 and 1899 the Woman’s Club worked to establish a tax levy to support the library and to set up elections to select the first library board of trustees.〔''Reflections: A History of River Forest'' by Harriet Hausman. 1975.〕 The library first opened up as a storefront in 1903 and was housed in another leased building in 1904. From 1905 through 1929 the library was located at 508 Park Avenue, on land donated by Mr. George Gertz, in a building built by R.C. Spencer, a prairie school architect. The library opened at 508 Park with 1000 volumes and the first librarian was Mrs. Stella H. Nida, who had a salary of $15 a month. The library was first used for a program in 1908.〔''A History of the River Forest Public Library'' by Susan R. Hanes. Taken from pamphlet titled ''River Forest Public Library, 1900-2000, Celebrating 100 Years.''〕 In the library volumes and use continued to grow and in 1928-1929 a new library building at 735 Lathrop Avenue was constructed. In the 1970s the Friends of the Library group was created. Ground was broken on the addition to the library in 1989 and was completed in 1992. The library is a contributing property to the River Forest Historic District.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Register Districts Report )〕
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