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In this issue Save the Date for these Special Events Page 2 Winter Reading starts January 23 Page 3 Are You Ready to Battle? Page 4
Celebrate the 150th Anniversary With Us
to think they needed "a place for more
Sewickley Public Library
Association was formed and rented rooms
rational amusement and selfimprovement." The Young Men's Library
was Founded in 1873
at various locations within the village until
The people of Sewickley Borough
and Thorn was constructed in 1923 when
recognized the need for a community library nearly 20 years before Andrew Carnegie began gifting libraries to local neighborhoods, making Sewickley Public Library the oldest library in Allegheny County. In 1873, the shenanigans of some young men in a whiskey boat on the banks
of the Ohio prompted community leaders
the current building at the corner of Broad a gift of $50,000 by Mr. W. L. Clause, then president of Pittsburgh Plate Glass, made the construction of a permanent library building a reality. In a beautiful coincidence, this year also marks its 100th anniversary. (Continued on page 2)