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Title
Birchard
Library
in
Fremont
,
Ohio
Subject
Libraries
Public libraries--Ohio
Buildings
Entrances
Fremont (Ohio)--History
Ohio--History--Pictorial works
Federal Writers' Project
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Fremont (Ohio)
Sandusky County (Ohio)
Description
Sardis
Birchard
gave
real
estate
and
other
property
to the
value
of
$50,000
in
trust
to
establish
a
library
in
Fremont
for the
free
use
and
benefit
to the
people
of
Sandusky
County
.
Rutherford
B
Hayes
,
nephew
of
Birchard
,
announced
this
gift
to the
city
council
in
July
of
1873
.
President
Hayes
not
only
gave
the
money
, but
supervised
the
building
of the
library
and
served
as the
President
of the
Board
of
Directors
until
his
death
. On
June
3
,
1874
,
Birchard
Library
opened
it's
doors
in a
building
on
Front
Street
. The
library
contained
1683
books
of the
5,000
ordered
by
Rutherford
B
Hayes
.
Patrons
had to be at
least
14
years
of
age
to
borrow
a
book
and
only
if they
deposited
a
bond
of
$3.00
.
Only
the
librarians
could
take
the
books
from the
shelves
. In
1878
, the
library
building
was
built
at a
cost
of
$6,369.31
on the
site
of the
Fort
Stephenson
, a
stipulation
of the
original
request
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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File Name
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Image Width
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File Size
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Date created
2010-08-23
Date modified
2011-06-17
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