Stillwater Public Library
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N 36° 06.580 W 097° 03.730
14S E 674420 N 3997850
Located in Stillwater,OK.
Waymark Code: WM5XR
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2006
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The Stillwater
Public Library was founded in 1922 by the Stillwater Woman’s Club. A year
later the club opened Stillwater’s first public library in the former
parsonage of the United Brethren Church. Later that same year, the City of
Stillwater agreed to assume financial
responsibility for the public library by hiring a part-time librarian and
establishing a Library Board and building fund. In
1926, the W. T. Keys home, located at the corner of 6th Avenue and Husband, was
purchased for $10,500 to house the Library. In 1937, Stillwater voters approved
the construction of a 12,000 square foot library at the same location. The
Library at 206 West 6th Avenue was formally opened on October 16, 1938 and
featured an auditorium, shelving for 22,000 books, and seating for 100 people in
the reading room. During the 1960s and 1970s, the Library underwent a number of
important changes including conversion of the basement auditorium into a
children’s department, addition of a mezzanine, and expansion of parking
facilities. On November 20, 1990 Stillwater voters passed a $4.98 million bond
issue for the construction of a new public library at 1107 S. Duck. The new
facility included renovation of the existing Stillwater South High School and
construction of a new 27,500 square foot building giving the Library a grand
total of 50,400 square feet. The Library was officially opened to the public on
April 8, 1994. The new facility features extensive parking, a fully automated
circulation system and catalog, five conference rooms, a gallery and two
auditoriums.
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