Sycamore Public Library

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Sycamore Public Library
(U.S. Registered Historic District
Contributing Property)
Location: Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA
Coordinates: 41°59′2″N 88°41′39″W / 41.98389, -88.69417Coordinates: 41°59′2″N 88°41′39″W / 41.98389, -88.69417
Area: Sycamore Historic District
Built/Founded: 1905
Architect: Paul O. Moratz
Architectural style(s): Classical Revival
Added to NRHP: May 2, 1978[1], with the rest of the Sycamore Historic District.
Governing body: Sycamore Public Library

The Sycamore Public Library, in Sycamore, Illinois, was erected in 1905 in the former location of Mansion House, Sycamore's oldest structure. Construction began in May of that year and the library officially opened to the public on Thanksgiving Day, 1905.[2] The library joined the National Register of Historic Places in May 1978 with the rest of the Sycamore Historic District. The library still operates, as of 2007, as the Sycamore library. The library was erected with the help of a $10,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie in 1905.[3]

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  1. ^ NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places, retrieved Jan. 2007.
  2. ^ Johnson, Phyllis. Sycamore's library starts celebration of first 100 years , Daily Chronicle, 16 May 2005, Retrieved January 13, 2007.
  3. ^ Bigolin, Steve. The Sycamore Historic District: Location 7A, Daily Chronicle, 16 October 2006, Retrieved January 13, 2007.

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