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The Boise Public Library began in 1895 when members of the Columbian Club opened a subscription library and reading room in Boise City Hall. [4] When Boise received a grant in 1904 to build a Carnegie library, local architects John E. Tourtellotte and Charles F. Hummel won the design contract, and the local firm of Michels & Weber received the construction contract.
Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3. Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent.
The Carnegie Public Library in Boise was built for $25,000 in 1905. It was paid for by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The city and the Columbian Club, a women’s group, added $5,000 for furnishings.
The firm of Misener & Lamkin operated a circulating library in Boise City in the 1860s. [6] The firm, later known as Brown & Lamkin and then as H.H. Lamkin, managed the library from a bookstore at the Boise City post office. [7] And a library operated at Fort Boise as early as 1867, but it was not a public library. [8]
For the Boise Public Library, officials changed its challenging policy to allow the board more time to consider challenged material so that it can comply with the 60-day deadline from the new law.
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The foundation proposed a combined museum and new Boise Public Library, but again the plan was rejected. [5] In 2012, city planners approved construction of a $70 million facility that included an urban park, a 57,000-square-foot (5,300 m 2 ) building, and the tractor exhibit.
Boise's Carnegie Public Library opened in 1905 on Washington St. and remained at that site until the library moved in 1973. 1955 – Boise homosexuality scandal begins; 1957 – Boise Cascade headquartered in Boise; 1958 – Second public high school, Borah, opens; 1960 – Population: 34,481; 1964 – Bishop Kelly High School opens