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http://dc.ocls.info/site/topics/show/39-history-of-orange-county-library-system History of Orange County Library System dc.ocls.info History of Orange County Library System Before the Orlando Public Library came into existence, the Sorosis Club of Orlando maintained a circulating library for its members. This collection was initially on the second floor of the old Armory building on Court Street and was subsequently moved to the Knox building at Pine and Court streets. On May 11, 1920, Orlando citizens showed by a vote of 417 to 19 that they wanted a library and were willing to pay for it.<img src="http://www.ocls.info/about/history/images/pictures/albertson.jpg" border="1" height="150" hspace="10" alt="albertson public library" width="240" /> Captain Charles l. Albertson, a retired police inspector of New York City, and a winter resident of Orlando, had for many years been collecting books at his home in Waverly, New York. In November 1920, Captain Albertson offered his collection to the city of Orlando, on the condition that it furnish a suitable building to house it. The contract between the city of Orlando and Captain Albertson provided that Orlando would accept the gift of the Albertson Collection and furnish the library building; that the library should be known as the Albertson Public Library; that Captain Albertson should be Advisory Superintendent of the Library throughout his lifetime; and that Orlando should suitably maintain the library.<img src="http://www.ocls.info/about/history/images/pictures/60.jpg" border="1" height="150" hspace="10" alt="orlando public library - 1966" width="225" />Preparation for the 1966 building began in 1962 when construction of a new Main library was approved by the Orlando voters, and the city acquired additional land adjacent to the original site. In 1964, the library moved to temporary headquarters at 905 North Orange Avenue, the Albertson building was demolished, and construction began. The Orlando Public Library building was dedicated on August 7, 1966. The architect was John M. Johansen of New Canaan, Connecticut. He called his design a "composition in monolithic concrete."The library closed its temporary location on July 23 to move into the new building. The Orlando Public Library was dedicated on a rainy Sunday afternoon, August 7, 1966.As early as 1974 the need to expand the Orlando Public Library was recognized. In 1978, the library secured from the Orlando City Council a commitment for the whole block to the west of the existing site. In 1980 the voters approved the sale of $22 million in bonds for construction.<img src="http://www.ocls.info/about/history/images/pictures/80.jpg" border="1" height="150" hspace="10" alt="the orlando public library - 1986" width="360" />In March 1985, the 1966 building was closed. The expansion opened to the public April 8, 1985. Work on renovating the old building began immediately. A grand opening celebration for the expansion and renovation took place.The 290,000 square foot building fills a whole city block. It was built with 19,000 cubic yards of concrete. A major challenge given to architect Duane Stark and his team was to design an expansion that would blend seamlessly with the original 1966 Johansen design. The measure of Stark's success is quite apparent in the exterior of the building. The color and texture of the new exterior walls were matched to the rough hewn cedar pattern of the original poured-concrete walls. 2008-05-20 14:14:30 Orlando Memory admin Orlando Memory Orlando Memory Orlando Memory Donna B nengard cookiew S J Roopnarine nengard Donna B Angela C. 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