ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN PRODUCTION NOTE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Brittle Books Project, 2015.COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION In Public Domain. Published prior to 1923. This digital copy was made from the printed version held by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It was made in compliance with copyright law. Prepared for the Brittle Books Project, Main Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by Northern Micrographics Brookhaven Bindery La Crosse, Wisconsin 2015 V e'-!- * -V-V.' ' ' • ■ '-"* -.-/V y ■ ■■ ■ ■' ■ - W .*"■■ '' ! ' ' , - -T- ; -V :.\r. v,- / ■■' - r - /r 7%V*j **+% ,*A*, S*." r„ > * 'V . ' c? ' £ , vlllil IS iliiiililii tiiiipi ill ill! I !! i:lli W0$ llllllf f|lt 111 iiilijii; |S|;i $ Hi 5 Hi illlll Ill lilpili! iillfiiiiil! I;|h iiliiii mm ftsisti:;!:: jiiftji ;U:t •iisi j;;ij HiliS ::5e©®O©©0QG©©©©©®©©®©®®®®®©®®®®® \A \ \ 1„S bof O Photo by Berner. v.Tbo Carnegie Public Library was completed south of this is the furnace room, and still south of this we^c and on- Monday of next week the building this room are two room*, one to be used for fuel wjli b® ready lor acceptance by the library board, and the other as a store room. The furnace room Wtpubfiih in this issua of the News, a pnoto en- is 12K x 23 feet, the fuel room is 10 x 15K and grftfiilff 4iOf the new building whicn snows the ; the work room 14^x 15K with a closet on the ct&ar^ctQf -of the building erected, and we will southeast which can some day be converted into a tbeff^r«npt try to describe the structure, except lavatory. The hall leading to the basement rooms to say that the detail, as will be seen, is a reproduc- measures 6K x 22 feet. tiQA of th? bu Side appearance of the old Hillsboro j The windows of the basement arj of good size Academy, which stood for years just across the and afford ample light for reading or for any use street, north of the spot where the new, library is to which the rooms may be put. There are four now. located. j big windows on the east and four on the west of Ths new building is of grey pressed brick, and the main reading room on the first floor, and these measures 36 feet ten incues including the beautiful j windows measure 44 x 64 inches, while over these porcb which is 10 feet deep and 37 feet wide. The windows are art glass transoms measuring 44 seven steps which extend the entire width of the * 64 inches, giving the windows a unique effect building and up to the front porch, are made of and permitting the very best plan for ventilation, granitoid, as is the floor of the porch. The four The openings leading from the reading room or (luted solid stone columns shown in the picture room t0 tha reference, the magazine and the OMasura 2 T inoh«» -io. diameter and are 15 feet librarian's room are 15 feet square and on each biffb. side of the openings are immense Grecian colums Th« building is a credit to any town and the in- of 1°°'= ''esign surmounted by carved capitals, all terior arrangement is beautiful, rcomy, light and in quartersawed oak, producing a rich and beauti- could not be bettered. Upon entering the vestibule 'u' effect. _ in front of the building, the first thing that attracts The extreme depth of the library is 76 feet 10 ibo eye of the visitor is the beautiful quartersawed inches, by 35 feet 10 inches in width and it meas- oalc woodwork with which the interior of the build- ures 35 feet 6 inches from the ground to the high- ing is finished. The big reading room with its two est point of the roof. The base being of grey sand- beautiful grates, one on the east and one on the stone set on a twenty inch foundation and the walls .west next attracts one's attention. This room is above are sixteen inches in thickness. The cornice ! 32K feet square and around the walls can be seen and roof are made of pressed sheet steel, painted the shelves for books, three shelves in height run- to match the grey pressed brick exterior. On the ing aYound the room on three sides; on the north, west side of the front door is a bronze tablet set in east and west. These shelves are all quarter- the face of the wall and on which is the following sawed oak and match perfectly the mantles over inscription the grates These mantles were made to order , and measure 9 feet 9 inches in height by 6 feet 8inches in width. On each side of the two grates to be found in the room are fluted columns with Ionic capitals, the columns measuring 7 inches in diameter. The tile usedln the grates is especially itic being of a dark sea green color and of et embossed finish. e floor of the reading room is of oiled hard ite and makes a beautiful as weil as durable' finish- The white ceiling will be CecoraUd at a later date. This ceiling is divided into nine separate panels with cross beams falling below the level of the ceiling, and with an electric chandelier at the .intersection of these cross beams, making a total of four such lights in the ceiling of the reading room On the northeast corner of the first floor is th6 magazine room and on the nortnwest is a reference room, both of these rooms measuring 11 feet by 9 feet, and these two rooms, together wiih the main reading room, contain 360 feet of shelving which will accommodate all of,the books of our Puoiic library, and many more. On the south side of the "first floor, in the center of the building, is the secretary's office, while in the southwest corner is a room provided for the Library Board. On the opposite side are tne steps leading to tbe basement and also a small room to be used as a lavatory. The room for the librarian measures 16 x 1 IK feet, the room for the Board 1 IK fett and the Uvatory 3x7 feet. || All of tbe woodwork of these rooms is Quarter- sawed oak, antique finish, and the circular desk in e librarian's office is very artistic. The ceiling in all the five rooms of the first floor is 16 feet in height and fini.hed white, ready for the fresco *work. A door on the east side of the main room, leads to the street, the exit being dimly shown in the picture which we reproduce herewith. This door also leads to the basement, where four big rooms are to be found; One of these rooms running the width of the building and measuring 22 x 32>£ feet used as a dub room, while the room op tbe Andrew Carnegie Building Gift $10,000, 1904 Site Gift John M. Whitehead Board of Directors Carrie M. Howell, President Geo. A. Walter, Secretary Nettie T. Douglas Anna Chacey Anna W. Bixler Building Committee C. A. Ramsey Amos Miller G. H. Witherspoon The first gift by Mr. Carnegie was $10,000 but this was increased to $ 11,000, as the cost of the building was greater than the amount first sub- scribed The building will be lighted by electricity and heated by steam. It was eree'ed at a cost of $1 l,r 000 which amount was donated by Andrew Car- negie. Paul G. Moratz, of Bloomington was the architect who drew the plans and prepared the specifications for the building and L. M. Garthwait, of Chicago *as the contractor. The erection of the building was under the supervision of H. B. McCoy, superintendent of construction and we feel safe in saying that tnere is not a prettier or better con- s ructed building in Montgomery county than is the Hillsboro Public Librarv.This book is a preservation facsimile produced for the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (permanence of paper). Preservation facsimile printing and binding by Northern Micrographics Brookhaven Bindery La Crosse, Wisconsin 2015