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Cli�ord Branch Mount Forest Branch

Harriston Branch

Palmerston Branch

Arthur Branch

Drayton Branch

Hillsburgh Branch

Erin Branch

Rockwood Branch

Puslinch BranchMarden Branch

Aboyne Branch

Elora BranchFergus Branch

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Reinvesting in the

CARNEGIE LEGACY

Rural public libraries, BIG community impact!

Wellington County Library Branch Locations

2019 Population: 95,010Total Land Area: 2,700 sq.km

Carnegie Library

Library Branches

LEGEND

“ A library outranks any one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.”

Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919)

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Palmerston Branch• Built: 1903• Date Renovated: 2016• Carnegie Architect: W. Frye Colwill• Size: 7,000 square feet• Architect (Renovation/Expansion)

L. Alan Grinham Architect

Mount Forest Branch• Built: 1913• Date Renovated: 2010• Carnegie Architect: George Gray• Size: 7,328 square feet• Architect (Renovation/Expansion)

L. Alan Grinham Architect

Elora Branch• Built: 1909 • Date Renovated: 2009• Carnegie Architect: W.F. Sheppard• Size: 4,518 square feet• Architect (Renovation/Expansion)

L. Alan Grinham Architect

Harriston Branch• Built: 1908• Date Renovated: 2012• Carnegie Architect: W.E. Binning• Size: 12,579 square feet• Architect (Renovation /Expansion)

L. Alan Grinham Architect• Shared Facility: Historical Society, Arts Council

Fergus Branch• Built: 1911• Date Renovated: 2015• Carnegie Architect: Walter Mahoney • Size: 15,000 square feet• Architect (Renovation /Expansion)

+VG Architects• Shared Facility: Library Administration

Please visit the “About us” page on our website for virtual tours of each branch.

For a history of Carnegie libraries in Ontario please read The Best Gift: A Record of the Carnegie Libraries in Ontario, by Beckman, Langmead and Black,1984.