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Rockford Public Library

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1872

Rockford Public Library organized on June 17th, the second library organized under the new Illinois statute providing for the maintenance of public libraries by taxation.

Reading rooms opened in August on the second floor of a building at the corner of State and Main Streets.
1873 Rockford Public Library begins circulating books on February 1st.
1876 Rockford Public Library moves to rooms over the Post Office at the west end of State Street bridge.
1901 Andrew Carnegie grant of $70,000 announced to build the Main Library in downtown Rockford.
1902 Carnegie Building opened to the public and dedicated in November.
1904

Beattie Museum of Natural History housed on second floor.

Seventh Street Branch opened June 20th in Svea Soner building.
1917 Seventh Street branch moved into new building at 428 Sixth Street; named changed to Rowland Branch.
1918 Highland Branch opened May 27th in newly enlarged Highland School.
1923 Montague Branch building opened to public and dedicated on May 24th.
1930 Highland Branch moved from school to building at 109 Shaw Street.
1931 Business and Technical Room opened at the Main Library on April 1st.
1946 Teenage Book Room opened at Main Library.
1947 Listening Room and Record Collection founded.
1950 Bookmobile service began in October.
1951 New and enlarged Highland Branch opened October 1 at E. State Street and St. Louis Avenue.
1965 Addition to Carnegie Building completed.

Remodeling of old Carnegie Building began in December.
1971 Rock River Branch opened on January 9th.
1979 All branches closed in April.
1980

Montague and Rock River branches re-opened in January.

Rockton Centre Branch re-opened in April.

Northeast Branch re-opened in June.
1985 Compact discs added to the collection.
1986 Northeast Branch opens in a new location at 320 N. Alpine Road.
1993 Online computer catalog opened to the public.
1994 Lewis Lemon branch opened.
1997 Access to the Internet is made available to the public on Rockford Public Library computers.

Rock River Branch moves into new building across the parking lot from its former location in Eleventh St. Plaza.



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 OpenClosed
MonClosed 
Tue12:00 PM8:00 PM
Wed12:00 PM8:00 PM
Thr12:00 PM8:00 PM
Fri10:00 AM6:00 PM
Sat10:00 AM6:00 PM
SunClosed 
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