The Old Kolze Farmhouse

 The library was housed in this old farmhouse from 1960-1967.

 It was on the northwest corner of Irving Park Road and Church Road.

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April 1960         

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      Dorothea Schmidt, the first librarian        p285-2

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  Magazine Racks             p131A-8

 

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Dorothea Schmidt

Note the Branigar Real Estate Offices in the background. The library moved there in 1967.

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Demolition of first library building. The second Village Hall was built on this site. 
 More information on the Village Hall

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