The Marion Public Library building, is a historic Carnegie library in Marion, Ohio. Funded with a Carnegie Grant in 1905, the public library opened in 1907. [1] The library was designed by Richards, McCarty & Bulford of Columbus, Ohio. [2] The architectural firm also designed the Frank Huber Residence, and the Huber Building, a five-story department store in Marion.
Andrew Carnegie donated $30,000 to build the library. It was designed in the Beaux Arts style. The historic building closed in 1978 and is now part of the Trinity Baptist Church complex. [3]
A newer Marion Public Library was constructed in 1978 on the site of the Greenwood Street School [3] at 445 East Church Street. In 1997 additional construction occurred adding more space on both floors.
Industrialist Edward Huber established Marion's first library in 1886, [4] the Mechanics Library. [3] It was a subscription library for his employees and other employers joined in to form a library association. The library was open to the public by 1891 and was funded by a tax levy. [2]
The library was expanded in 1957 and again in 1963. [2] The Carnegie library was purchased by Trinity Baptist Church in 1979 for $125,000 and remodeled. [1] [5]
The Marion Public Library was featured on a postcard. [6]
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