VINTAGE VIEWFINDER

A streetcar rolls past the Carnegie Library in Stillwater on a postcard dated 1910. Construction on the Beaux Arts style building started in 1902. It was among the hundreds of public libraries around the country built with funds provided by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who made his fortune selling his ironworks to U.S. Steel. The library was renovated and expanded in 1973 and 1986-87. According to the history section on the Stillwater Public Library website, the most recent 2006 building project successfully married old and new. The original stained glass windows have been repositioned to the interior of the building. Close copies, made from glass from the original manufacturer, can now be found throughout the library.