Maumee Branch, Maumee, Ohio
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boatchick
N 41° 34.030 W 083° 38.759
17T E 279377 N 4605102
Quick Description: The Maumee branch of the Toledo Lucas County Public Library is a Carnegie building that has undergone much expansion over the years.
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 9/30/2008 9:13:38 PM
Waymark Code: WM4VBB
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Long Description:The Maumee branch of the Toledo Lucas County Public Library system
began its existence as a library for the rural residents of Lucas
County. The Village of Maumee donated land near the old county
courthouse for the establishment of a library, and members of the
Maumee Improvement Association solicited a grant from Andrew
Carnegie. The grant was obtained, and the library was opened in
January of 1918. The building has been expanded a number of times,
including a 1930 addition that doubled the original size of the
building, and an expansion in 2001. The Lucas County library system
and Toledo Public library system merged in 1970, and the Friends of
the Library formed in 1973 at the Maumee branch.
Of historical significance, the Maumee library is located at
the site of Dudley’s Massacre. In the War of 1812, Colonel Dudley’s
troops successfully attacked a British battery, only to be ambushed
and killed by British and Indian troops later that same day.
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