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The Willard Library is a private donation library incorporated in 1881 to serve the city of Evansville, Indiana, and to carry out the terms of a private trust. The Willard Library houses a trove of local archives and genealogical materials in addition to its collection of standard publications.
The Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library (EVPL) is a public library system serving Evansville and Vanderburgh County in Indiana, USA.The EVPL also supplements the services provided by the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation and has the authority to approve the tax levy of the independently run and operated Willard Library.
Willard Carpenter, born on March 15, 1803, at Strafford, Orange County, Vermont, was a son of Willard, Sr., and Polly (Bacon) Carpenter, and a descendant of the noted Rehoboth Carpenter family. [ 4 ] Construction on Willard Carpenter's house, an early Evansville mansion, began in 1848 and was completed in 1849.
An independent private institution, Willard Library, is also in Evansville. Willard was formed in 1881 to serve the public, regardless of race, a progressive mission in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The library houses local archives and genealogical materials, in addition to its collection of standard publications.
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His most notable work in Evansville was the Willard Library, completed in 1885, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Earlier buildings designed by the Reid Brothers firm had been commissioned by banker Aaron Guard Cloud in McLeansboro, Illinois, 60 miles from Evansville.
Willard officials now say a rate increase of 10%, at a minimum, is needed. The last water and sewer rate increases went into effect in January 2022. Concerns with transparency, communication
6531 Oak Hill Rd., north of Evansville 38°02′13″N 87°30′32″W / 38.0369°N 87.5089°W / 38.0369; -87.5089 ( Hooker-Ensle-Pierce Center Township