On March 3rd, the Paulding County Carnegie Library will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Opening Day. The library was funded in 1912, built in 1915 and opened on March 3, 1916. The library is the first library in the United States funded by Andrew Carnegie to serve an entire library.
The reception honoring this special day will begin at 12:30 and run until 7:30. A special ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at 1:30 ushering in the next century of library service.
Library tours will be held all day. Special refreshments will be served. The library will have on display, scrapbooks from throughout the decades and some original books that were in the 1916 opening day collection.
The Bookmobile will also be open for tours from 12:30 until 5:00. The library has provided bookmobile service off and on since the 1960s.
There will also be a special commemorative item given to the first 100 visitors.
For more information contact the library at 419-399-2032.
