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15 North M Street
Lake Worth, FL 33460
(561) 533-7354
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About Lake Worth Public Library
Description:
About
Us
The
Lake
Worth
Public
Library
was
born
of
the
vision
of
the
early
pioneer
women
who
settled
the
place
now
known
as
Lake
Worth.
In
1912
the
lots
were
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sold
to
early
settlers.
While
the
men
were
concentrating
on
building
a
city,
the
women
saw
the
need
for
a
school
and
a
library.
In
May,
1912,
The
Lucerne
Herald
(as
the
local
newspaper
was
called
then),
carried
an
appeal
for
all
to
send
books
to
set
up
a
library.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
L.
McKissock
pedaled
their
bicycles
the
seven
miles
to
West
Palm
Beach
to
pick
up
the
donations
as
they
arrived.
Soon
the
town
furnished
a
room
for
the
rapidly
growing
library.
The
local
people
read
the
books
by
candlelight,
oil
and
gasoline
lamps
until
May
1914
when
electric
lights
were
turned
on
in
the
city.
The
Library
is
proud
to
point
out
that
there
was
a
library
in
Lake
Worth
five
months
before
the
first
school
and
nearly
two
years
ahead
of
the
lights.
In
1926
the
Lake
Worth
City
Council
called
an
election
and
the
majority
of
citizens
voted
in
favor
of
the
establishment
of
a
library
under
Florida
statutes.
The
Lake
Worth
Public
Library
was
organized
at
this
time
and
the
assets
of
the
Library
Association
formed
by
the
pioneers
were
turned
over
to
the
Library
Board.
For
several
years
the
library
was
housed
in
City
Hall,
but
space
was
too
limited
for
its
needs.
It
had
been
originally
planned
to
name
the
library
as
a
memorial
to
General
William
Jenkins
Worth,
the
man
credited
with
ending
the
Seminole
Wars,
because
no
memorial
had
been
erected
to
him
in
Florida.
Congress
passed
a
bill
providing
$60,
000
funding
for
this
building
in
1939
however,
President
Roosevelt
vetoed
the
bill.
Because
of
this
the
library
is
named
for
the
City
instead
as
serving
as
a
memorial
library.
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