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In 1907, the Saranac Lake Free Library committee started a building fund to construct a new library building in a lot on Main Street was purchased for $2000 from Dr. Lawrason Brown, whose house and office was next door. The new building was designed by Scopes and Feustmann and built, in 1910, by Branch and Callanan; it was one room, with a basement, and had room for 5,500 books. By 1925, the collection had grown to 8,000 volumes, and C.H. Ludington funded an addition as a memorial to his wife. In the late 1960s, a further expansion was funded by Edmond Guggenheim. Further additions were made in 1984 and 2002; by 2007, the collection had grown to 70,000 volumes.

Saranac Lake Free Library (undated)

Saranac Lake Free Library (undated)

Saranac Lake Free Library (2009)

Saranac Lake Free Library (2009)

Saranac Lake Free Library , Historic Saranac Lake Local Wiki . Accessed April 9th 2020. https://localwiki.org/hsl/Guild_House.