Lorain Public Library (Carnegie Library building)

Circa 1910 - 1940 / Main Library
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The Lorain Public Library in its first location on West 10th Street. The library was constructed at this location in 1903.

It was known as a "Carnegie Library", one of hundreds throughout the United States, because industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie donated the funds for library construction.

The date of the photograph is not known.

~ Lorain Public Library System, “Lorain Public Library (Carnegie Library building),” Lorain County Memory, accessed September 14, 2026, https://loraincountymemory.org/items/show/2831.

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Lorain Public Library (Carnegie Library building)

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The Lorain Public Library in its first location on West 10th Street. The library was constructed at this location in 1903.

It was known as a "Carnegie Library", one of hundreds throughout the United States, because industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie donated the funds for library construction.

The date of the photograph is not known.

Date

Circa 1910 - 1940

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Lorain Public Library System

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Lorain

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