
First - County Library in the U.S - Van Wert, Ohio
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FallenFaery
N 40° 52.184 W 084° 35.105
16T E 703506 N 4527103
Located in Van Wert, Ohio
Waymark Code: WMGFR
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2006
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When local banker and businessman John Sanford Brumback left a large bequest to Van Wert County for the purpose of establishing a countywide library in 1897, such institutions did not yet exist, and Ohio had no legal provision for a tax-supported county library system. In response, the Ohio Legislature passed an enabling law in April 1898, marking the beginning of the county library system in the United States. Designed by Toledo architect David L. Stine and built of Bedford limestone in an eclectic Romanesque style, the Brumback Library was dedicated in 1901.
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