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The first branch library opened in 1897 when the Detroit Water Commission library was opened to the public; in 1905 this library was turned over to the Detroit Library Commission. The first library building, constructed in 1872 at Centre Park.
The Detroit Public Library opened for service on March 25, 1865. The 5,000 book collection was located in one room of the old Capitol High School on Griswold Street. A committee of the Detroit Board of Education governed the library until 1881, when the six-member Detroit Library Commission took over. In 1877, a new library opened in Centre ...
The Detroit Public Library began in a single room of the old state Capitol building in Capitol Park, opening March 25, 1865, as the Civil War wound down. Detroit had only about 45,000 people -- and many of them couldn’t read. But as Detroit blossomed into a metropolis, its library grew with it.
The library system in Detroit dates back to 1865, although the Main Library was not built until several decades later. In 1910, Andrew Carnegie, who was a library philanthropist, donated money to the city of Detroit for their library system and it was with this money that Detroit decided to build a main library on a piece of property on ...
The Detroit Public Library began in a room on the second floor in the southwest corner of the old state Capitol building in Capitol Park, opening at 4 p.m. on March 25, 1865 - amid the final days of the Civil War. At the time, the city was still tiny, having only about 45,000 people - many of whom couldn't read.
History. A stand-alone public library in Detroit dates back to 1865. An 1842 state law requiring the Detroit Board of Education to open a library resulted in a public reading room opening on March 25, 1865, in the old Capitol High School at State and Griswold Street.
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Mar 24, 2015 · The first library in the city opened on March 25, 1865 just days before the civil war was winding down. Dan Austin of the Detroit Free Press and HistoricDetroit.org says Detroit was a simple frontier town at the time.
