148 – Peoria Public Libary: Lincoln Branch
Another gorgeous south Peoria building, the Andrew Carnegie funded Lincoln Branch of the Peoria Public Library, located at 1312 W. Lincoln Ave, which is due for an expansion pending the outcome of the Apr 17 referendum.
Journal Star: “Plans at the Lincoln branch call for a 15,000-square-foot addition to be built onto the back of the library, costing an estimated $6.5 million.”
I’ve never personally been inside of this building, but Linda Lowery wrote a great piece at Peoria.com that I encourage you all to read. [link]
March 30th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
The library on Lincoln.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
McLure Library was my guess.
Been a long time since I’ve been there.
May 21st, 2008 at 10:20 am
[...] branch picture courtesy of PeoriaIllinoisan, via his Name This Peoria Landmark [...]
August 14th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
This library was built on the site of the original City Cemetary. Currently with the expansion and renovation they are finding additional graves and must go through the cost of relocating them.