Architect's plans for the library, which was completed in 1905.
Andrew Carnegie offered "If the City of Dover pledges itself by resolutions of councils to support
a free library at a cost of not less than $3000 a year, and provide a suitable site,
I would be pleased to furnish $30,000 for the erection of a free public library building."
Early photos of the library before any landscaping was installed.
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial was dedicated on October 25, 1912.
It was designed and built by Lewis J. White of Quincy Massachusetts.
The landscape was designed by the prestigious Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm.
The library still has the plans that were drawn up.
The turret style room on the right used to be the director's office and
it was located roughly where the paperback collection is now.
It disappeared when the addition to the library was constructed in the 1980s.
Construction of a 5600 square foot addition in 1988 added a portico
entrance to the enlarged Children's Room. The Children's collection
had to move to the lecture hall while construction was ongoing.
The view from the first floor of the addition which provided more
room for magazines and plenty of comfortable seating.
