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Lakeside society to hold ribbon cutting
LAKESIDE - The Lakeside Heritage Society will hold a ribbon cutting and grand opening of its new archives building on Walnut Plaza at 210 Walnut at 2 p.m. May 20.
The Heritage Society purchased the building to provide a climate-controlled environment for their growing archives collection and to increase public accessibility to these valuable historical records.
LHS operates the Heritage Hall Museum and has stored their archives collection in the Caldwell House at 324 W. Third St. for the past 21 years.
Birchard Library board to meet May 18
History Spotlight: The Old Courthouse
Larry Michaels and Krista Michaels
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Aerial above Old Courthouse, looking south, 1920s
This early aerial view (notice wing of plane at far left) looks south toward the old Municipal Building in Fremont, Birchard Library and the original 1909 section of Ross High School at the top along Croghan Street. The old courthouse, moved there about 1830, is right in the middle of the picture with its two later pitched-roof additions. Notice the old cars on Arch Street at the left and the trees then on Justice Street. Amazingly, most of these old buildings still stand a century later. (Submitted by Larry Michaels and Krista Michaels)
Birchard Library to expand with multi-million dollar addition
The new wing will host additional library entrance, WiFi café, Children s and Teen reading rooms and a dedicated local history room. Author: Jonathan Monk Updated: 8:02 PM EST December 21, 2020
FREMONT, Ohio A multi-million dollar expansion project in Fremont has finally been pushed over the last financial hurdle thanks to help from Terra State Community College.
Since 2018, the Birchard Public Library of Sandusky County has been working toward constructing an 8,500 square foot wing onto its historic library.
The $6 million construction project will be built out onto High Street, recently vacated by the city of Fremont and onto the former grounds of the Fremont Middle School, which was sold to the library for only $1.