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    1. Re: [ILKNOX-L] 1908 Galesburg Public Library
    2. Tom Lundeen
    3. Bob Miller, on 11/27/00 12:16 PM, said: >Does anyone know the history of the Galesburg Public Library that was >southeast corner of Broad and Simmons Streets, facing north onto Simmons >Street. I have a post card of it from 1908. I would like to know when it >was built and when and how it was destroyed. Bob: Can't tell you when it was built, but it was built with a grant from the Carnegie Foundation, and was destroyed by a huge fire about 1957 or 1958. I vaguely remember going to GHS my senior year (1958), and seeing the stone walls standing for a few weeks after the fire. Tom Lundeen

    11/27/2000 05:26:48