This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Elyria Library’s hundredth anniversary site history
The Elyria Library traces to Charles Arthur Ely’s 1864 will establishing a public library in Elyria. Executors deeded Broad Street property in 1866, a three story building housed the library on the third floor until a 1873 fire. Trustees moved to reestablish on the old site with a $7,000 building in 1874, librarian Nettie Wheeler served without an assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Arthur Ely
Elyria
Broad Street
Ing
Thebrary
Nettie Wheeler
Scribner’s Magazine
Heyper's Magazine
Atlantic Magazine
Magazine of American History
Popular Science Monthly
North American Review
Herman Ely
Allen Smith
Cleveland
Elyria Hbrary
Elyria Victory
D. C. Baldwin
Baldwin
A. L. Garford
Harwood M. Nedington
Henry M. Parker
Clarence G. Washburn
James B. Seward
Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Co
George Olmsted
W. A. Ely
William G. Sharp
Sharp
France
Robert B. Lersch
N. S. Townsend
Townsend
Ohio State University
John M. Vincent
Johns Hopkins University
F. M. Baker
Hemnan Ely
Patrick Henry Boynton
H. W. Ingersoll