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Exterior view of original Carnegie building

• Received grant on April 10, 1909
• Received $13,500 from the Carnegie Foundation
• Mr. Crocker, Architect

Present day interior

c. 1980 Exterior front view of the main patron entrance of the Orillia Public Library facing west up Mississaga St after the new addition was completed

1980.  Interior view of the library showing the circulation desk in the new addition and facing towards the main patron entrance on Mississaga st.

 
1980. Upstairs in the Reading Room. The part of the addition is located above the front main entrance.

1980. Interior view of the circulation desk in the new addition from the main entrance.

Interior view of the new ramp leading from the car park at the rear of the library towards the front entrance

Exterior view of the new addition at the front of the library facing west down Mississaga St. Shows the Orillia Opera house in the background with the turret