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Stratford Public Library
The Stratford Public Library is located in beautiful Stratford, Ontario Canada. The Stratford Public Library was first established in ____ and has been in it's current building since 1903. The Stratford Public Library building is a Carnegie Library building.

History
December 1846 	The first library opened in Stratford as the Mechanics Institute. The Mechanics Institute's first location are believed to have been in a log school house where the current library resides at the intersection of St. Andrew and Chruch Streets. The Institute folded after a year or two, but was reborn in fall 1852 in the county administration building at Mornington and William Streets.

1900			R. Thomas Orr requested funds from Andrew Carnegie for twelve thousand dollars for a Free Public Library Building. The funds were granted by Mr. Carnegie. The library was finished in 1903.