Kingston Frontenac Public Library - Pittsburgh District - Kingston, Ontario
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Pittsburg District branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library. Located at the corner of Highway 15 & Gore Road.
Waymark Code: WMFQV9
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 11/20/2012
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One of 16 branches of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library. The site includes a 5000 square foot branch library, technology area, children’s program room, reading and study rooms and a 18,000 volume collection of books.
Pittsburg District branch is the newest branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library and is located at 80 Gore Road in Pittsburg Township, Kingston. The library is partially located in Hawthorn Cottage, built in 1866 in what was then Pittsburgh Township. The new library complex was designed by local architectural firm of Shoalts and Zaback Architects. Existing excavations from older additions were utilized for the new structure’s foundation thus giving it a similar orientation and preserving the existing gardens and other landscape features. The rooms Hawthorne Cottage have been restored as reading, study and meeting rooms. The main library collection is housed in the new addition, which was treated as a single large space topped with a simple pitched roof. There is also a screened porch, where library users can read in a protected outdoor atmosphere during the warm seasons.
"Hawthorn Cottage is a 140 year-old farm house incorporated into a new library building. It was built in 1866 by John and Sarah Ruttan. The Ruttan family commissioned the building of the house while Mr. Ruttan was first reeve of Pittsburgh Township. The building, erected by local stonemasons is a typical, rather fine, mid-nineteenth century Ontario one and one-half storey stone farm house. It and the surrounding land between Highway 15 and the Great Cataraqui River were purchased by Pittsburgh Township for municipal purposes, and in 1997 it was chosen to be the site for new Pittsburgh Branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library. Award: Ontario Library Association Design Award 2001"
The site sits on six hectares of escarpment property overlooking the Great Cataraqui River.
Phone numbers: 613-542-8222
Meeting Rooms available
Classification of Library: Public Library (Open to all)
Internet access available: Yes - Your Laptop: Free
Hours of Operation:
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10am-8pm
Saturday 9am-5pm
Library Website: [Web Link]
Additional Internet Connection Options: Not listed
Approximate date of opening.: Not listed
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