Pembroke Public Library

Coordinates: 45°49′30.66″N 77°6′46.8″W / 45.8251833°N 77.113000°W / 45.8251833; -77.113000

Pembroke Public Library

The library in September 2006.
Country Canada
Location Pembroke, Ontario
Coordinates 45°49′30.66″N 77°6′46.8″W / 45.8251833°N 77.113000°W / 45.8251833; -77.113000
Branches 1
Access and use
Population served 23,100
Website http://www.pembrokelibrary.ca
Pembroke Public Library
Alternative names Pembroke Carnegie Library
General information
Architectural style Prairie Style
Location Pembroke, Ontario
Address 237 Victoria St.
Coordinates 45°49′30.66″N 77°6′46.8″W / 45.8251833°N 77.113000°W / 45.8251833; -77.113000
Completed 1931
Design and construction
Architect Francis Sullivan

The Pembroke Public Library is a single-branch public library in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.

Building

The current building was designed by Francis Sullivan,[1] a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright. The building was designated under Part 4 of the Ontario Heritage Act in 1991.[1]

History

The library is a Carnegie library, having received a grant of $14,000 from the Carnegie Foundation on December 24, 1907.[2]

Subhash Mehta was the chief librarian of the Pembroke Public Library from 1970 to 2002.[3] The Subhash Mehta Memorial Reading Room is now dedicated to his memory.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Ministry of Culture. "Ontario Heritage Properties Database". Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  2. ↑ Ministry of Culture. "Ontario's Carnegie Libraries". Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  3. ↑ "Subhash Mehta remembered as a visionary who changed the face of the Pembroke Public Library". The Daily Observer. 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  4. ↑ Lapinskie, Peter. "Reading room is a fitting tribute". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2009-07-20.

See also

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