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in 1955. In 1972, the Yuba County Board of Supervisors created a county-wide library service, the Yuba County Library Service. The library of the City of Marysville, held at the Packard Library became the county library. After some deliberation it was determined that the needs of the community, and
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style Packard Library. The building was completed in March 1906 and opened to the public in October of that same year. There was a smoking room on the ground floor; the main reading room with the library's collection, administrative and work areas, and a children's area were on the first floor. The
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where members of the association could use them. Initially, the library's collection was stocked with donations from the private collections of the association members. The first purchases made were made in New York and transported by sea.
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for cost reasons, it would be better to build a new building. This new building would be located at Second and C Streets. It opened in 1977 and is currently the one branch of the county library service.
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In December 1858, the association donated its collection to the city of Marysville and a room in the city hall was converted into a library. Three years later, the collection moved to the newly built
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The "Poppy Room" was used to house historic items (i.e. pioneer relics, photographs, diaries and manuscripts) of value to Yuba County. These items were transferred to the new
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Founded in 1855 as the "Marysville Library". Marysville, recently found in 1851, was very much a frontier-town, and was called the "Gateway to the
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on the east and west sides. The verandahs are supported by rectangular columns, and their roof lines are decorated with
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In 1900, in response to the need for a larger space, Maryville pioneer and mining magnate
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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donated land at Fourth and C Streets and $ 70,000 to erect a new building. In the
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which was the location of the "Poppy Room". The three-story building features
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third floor held an auditorium. Overlooking the first floor was a
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National Register of Historic Places in Yuba County, California
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is a historic library building located at 301 4th St. in
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as architect for what eventually became known as the
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Buildings and structures in Yuba County, California
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Photograph of a monumental stone building
Packard Library is located in California
Packard Library is located in the United States
Marysville, California
39°08′23″N 121°35′16″W / 39.139651°N 121.587778°W / 39.139651; -121.587778
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Marysville
California
Yuba County Library
National Register of Historic Places
Gold Fields
reading room
Masonic Hall
John Q. Packard
Wikidata
1850s
San Francisco
William Curlett
Italianate
Beaux-Arts
mezzanine
verandahs
acanthus leaves
Mary Aaron Museum


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service

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