Proceedings at the Opening of the Seattle Public Library Building
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Excerpt from Proceedings at the Opening of the Seattle Public Library Building: December 19, 1906; The Gift of Andrew Carnegie On January 1, 1901, the building occupied by the public library of the City of Seattle was consumed by fire, and with it most of the library. Within one week, Mr. Andrew Carnegie, upon representations of leading citizens and officials of the city´s need of a library building and of its ability to provide a site and an annual maintenance fund of $50,000, offered to give to it for such purpose $200,000. This offer was promptly accepted, and the gift was later increased by $20,000 for furniture and fixtures. The site - a city block 256 by 240 feet - was bought for $100,000 in 1902. The architect, Mr. P. J. Weber of Chicago, was selected, after personal investigation of most of the library buildings in the United States by the librarian and one of the trustees, and after an architectural competition conducted under the supervision and advice of Prof. Wm. R. Ware, of Columbia University. The contract for the building was let, under competition, to Cawsey & Carney of Seattle on April 15, 1904; and the building was completed and turned over to the Library Board in November, 1906. On the 19th of December, 1906, the opening exercises were held, consisting of the following addresses. In the absence of the Hon. J. A. Stratton, Chairman of the Board of Library Trustees, the introductory address was made by Mr. Charles E. Shepard, the Vice-Chairman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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