1912 - Shurtleff College Carnegie Library - Alton, Illinois
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BruceS
N 38° 54.205 W 090° 08.698
15S E 747579 N 4309934
College library funded by a grant from the Carnegie Foundation in Alton, Illinois
Waymark Code: WM896D
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 02/21/2010
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This library was built using a $15,0000 grant in 1910. The building was built in in 1912 for Shurtleff College, a Baptist College founded in 1827. The library was used by Shurtleff College until 1957 when the college closed and the facilities became part of Southern Illinois University. The building is now the Biomedical Library for the SIU School of Dental Medicine.
Year of construction: 1912
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription:
1912
Carnegie Library
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