Historical Images of Porter County

Public Library, North Washington Street
Valparaiso, Indiana

Date: 1905
Source Type: Photograph
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: A. H. Reading
Postmark: Not applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: On October 25, 1910, Hubbard and Finnette Hunt gifted their house, located on North Washington Street, to the City of Valparaiso for use as the city's first library building. The Hunt house served as the city library until the opening of the Carnegie Library in 1916. The house was then used for a number of years by the city, but later abandoned and sold in 1928 to Charles E. Foster, Sr., who razed it.

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Image and related text prepared by Steven R. Shook