Bolivar Public Library - Bolivar, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 37° 36.802 W 093° 24.645
15S E 463748 N 4162998
Originally called the Carnegie Library of Bolivar, then called, Southwest Regional Library. Now just called "Our Library."
Waymark Code: WM557X
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2008
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The NRHP list it as being built 1900, yet the PCGS shows it as being built 1914.
Privately owned but open to the public. Hours below, but open: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
or by appointment.
2008 Library will be closed: Thanksgiving Break, Wednesday through Sunday, November 26-30 Christmas Break, Wednesday, December 24, 2008-Thursday, January 1, 2009.
Bad Weather policy: If Bolivar schools are closed because of weather, the library will also be closed. There will be no night meeting, either, if school is closed on a Thursday.
The Polk County Genealogical Society Library turned into a television studio for a few hours Wednesday morning, June 2, 2004. The first floor of the building was the back drop for a segment for the public television series "History Detectives." The episode aired Sept. 13, 2004.
Some more history of the place can be found here: Polk County Genealogical Society