Crystal Lake Library Celebrating 100th Year
Crystal Lake Public Library celebrating 100th anniversary in several ways in 2013.
Turning 100 is no small feat...especially when you've started from humble beginnings. Such is the case for the Crystal Lake Public Library, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Crystal Lake's library began in 1913, when Mary Howe Rogers, the superintendent of the 1st Congregational Church's Sunday School, thought it would be a good idea to create a library for the community. Rogers set up the first "library" in the living room of the vacant Dodge House, still standing at the corner of Grove Street and Pomeroy Avenue. From there, the Crystal Lake Public Library has been moved from building to building in town- at one time even relocating to the heating plant used to warm schools during the 1920s. The CLPL grew from a volunteer-…
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