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Harrison Memorial Library
Distance: 28.4 MiPO BOX 800
93921 Carmel -
Dixon Library
Distance: 57.1 Mi230 N First St
95620 Dixon -
History San Jose
Distance: 112.4 Mi1650 Senter Rd
95112 San Jose -
Belvedere-Tiburon Library
Distance: 106.3 Mi1501 Tiburon Blvd
94920 Belvedere Tiburon -
Friends & Foundaiton of the San Francisco Public L
Distance: 108.3 Mi100 Larkin St
94102 San Francisco
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Description
The library remained in the City Hall until 1947 when a group of citizens began the work of establishing a county library. With the help of the State Library, this early Friends of the Library group raised funds and bought the old A.S. Fox house on Sacramento Street. The library was moved into these new quarters in 1948. In December of 1968, the library was moved into the old Purity grocery market on Main Street to make room for the new Post Office on Sacramento Street. Although bigger, the market still was not adequate for the growing use of the collection. The county librarian's office was situated in the old meat locker. A federal grant and county support enabled the library to be included in the plans for a new Government Center on Fair Lane. In 1978 the present facility was proudly opened to the public. Consisting of 23,000 square feet, our present home continues to thrive as the library center of the county.