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Kenosha Public Library
Gilbert M. Simmons Library, a branch library and formerly the main library of the KPL
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42°33′34.3″N 87°51′11.6″W / 42.559528°N 87.853222°W / 42.559528; -87.853222
TypePublic library
EstablishedMarch 14, 1896; 129 years ago (1896-03-14) (as privately run Kenosha Public Library)[1]
March 19, 1900; 125 years ago (1900-03-19) (as Gilbert M. Simmons Library)
Service areaKenosha, Wisconsin
Branches5
Access and use
Population served137,750 (2022)[2]
Other information
DirectorSarah Townsend
Employees70 (2022)[2]
Parent organizationKenosha County Library System (KCLS)
AffiliationSHARE Consortium
Public transit accessKenosha Area Transit
Websitemykpl.info

The Kenosha Public Library (KPL) is the public library serving the city of Kenosha, United States. It is the resource library for the Kenosha County Library System (KCLS), of which it is a member.[3]

Governance

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The KPL is governed by a board of trustees appointed by the mayor of Kenosha and approved by the city council. The board is composed of nine citizen members: eight City of Kenosha residents and one representative of the Kenosha Unified School District.[4] KPL is a member of the SHARE Consortium.[5]

Organization and services

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The library has an outreach department and five branches:[6][3]

Branch Address Established Present building opened Website Notes
Simmons Neighborhood Library 711 59th Pl, Kenosha March 19, 1900; 125 years ago (1900-03-19)[7] July 19, 1900; 125 years ago (1900-07-19)[8] [9]
Uptown Neighborhood Library 2419 63rd St, Kenosha October 14, 1914; 110 years ago (1914-10-14)[10] July 1, 1925; 100 years ago (1925-07-01)[10] [11] Established as the "West Branch Library."
Northside Neighborhood Library 1500 27th Ave, Kenosha May 28, 1919; 106 years ago (1919-05-28)[12] June 6, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-06-06)[13] [14] Established as the "North Branch Library."
Southwest Neighborhood Library 7979 38th Ave, Kenosha January 16, 1981; 44 years ago (1981-01-16)[15] June 28, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-06-28)[16] [17] The KCLS main resource library.
Kids@Uptown Lofts 6144 22nd Ave, Kenosha July 13, 2024; 13 months ago (2024-07-13)[18][19] - [20] K-5 children's library.

The library offers audiobook, e-book, and eMagazine services, including OverDrive eBooks & eAudiobooks, TeachingBooks Library, Ebsco eBooks, and online tutoring, via the library's website.[21]

History

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Uptown Neighborhood Library

Early efforts

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In November 1841, only months after the village of Southport (Kenosha from 1850) was incorporated, an editor of the village newspaper, the South Port American, proposed establishing a free public library "open to all".[22] Private circulating libraries were established by June 1842.[23] On November 25, 1843, a group of prominent residents attempted to establish a public library, forming the Southport Library Association. The association's members included William Bullen, a founder of Southport, and Frederick Winslow Hatch, the Episcopal rector of St. Matthew's Church and former Chaplain of the United States Senate.[24] Chaired by Hatch, the association elected directors and adopted bylaws, but made no further progress.[24]

In February 1871, Zalmon G. Simmons, a local businessman and future Kenosha mayor, purchased several hundred books and established a free library for Kenosha County residents; as Simmons was a member of the local Unitarian church, he established the library there.[25] Books could be checked out one at a time for two weeks, with a single renewal allowed.[25] In June 1873, Simmons proposed a library building be erected "to surpass any other in the state" in what would become Library Park.[26] On May 22, 1883, a special election resulted in a vote for Kenosha to accept an approximately $3,500 bequest from the estate of a Caroline Field, intended to establish the "Cahoon Public Library." Subsequent legal difficulties delayed the city in moving forward; a court ruling in March 1890 gave the city permission to accept the bequest, which it did not.[27][28]

First Kenosha Public Library

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Upon arriving in Kenosha in 1894, George W. Johnston, the recently appointed editor of the Kenosha Evening News, soon recognized local demand for a public library, and promoted the cause through the newspaper.[29] He also canvassed local community leaders.[29] With their support assured, on the evening of November 14, 1895, 40 prominent local residents assembled to begin the process of establishing a public library board.[30][31] At the meeting, a five-member organizing committee was nominated and elected, comprising Johnston and businessmen Colonel William W. Strong, James Cavanagh, George A. Yule, and John O'Donnell.[30] On December 20, the committee formally incorporated the Kenosha Public Library. The constitution and bylaws included a provision that any county resident "of good repute," was eligible to join the library association upon agreeing to the terms of membership and payment of annual dues of $2.00; the fee was intended for purchasing books and covering other expenses.[32][33]

On January 6, 1896, the library board was chosen,[31] from which officers were elected on January 10.[33][34] On January 17, Johnston, the secretary of the library board, recommended the library be situated in a room over the Redeker and English store, in a building owned by Zalmon Simmons at 171 Main Street.[34][35] The suggestion was accepted and the room leased from Simmons.[34][35] On January 27, Clara Parkinson Barnes (1854–1932),[36] a sister-in-law of board member Cavanagh,[37] was elected librarian by the board.[34] The library was largely ready by March 2,[34] when the Unitarian Church free library donated its collection of approximately 800 volumes,[31] encouraged by wide community support and a donation of $1,000 to the new library from George Yule.[29]

The first Kenosha Public Library opened on March 14, 1896,[38] with Clara Barnes as librarian and an initial collection of approximately 1,200 volumes, 400 of which were fiction.[38][31] All Kenosha County residents were eligible to borrow books, but were requested to not remove them from their shelves while browsing "unless absolutely necessary."[38] At the end of the library's first year, its collection numbered over 2,500 volumes, with a circulation of 20,962.[39][40] Despite its great popularity, the Kenosha Library, though a public institution, remained exclusively supported by private funds.[41] In late 1898, with donations and association fees insufficient to sustain the library, the city council was approached to provide a one-mill tax appropriation to guarantee its existence.[41] Instead, however, the council approved an annual $1,200 tax appropriation on December 5, 1898,[42][43] the first time city tax revenues had been utilized to support a local library.

Gilbert M. Simmons Library

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Early history

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On January 12, 1899, Zalmon Simmons proposed to the city council that he be allowed to present Kenosha with a public library to be erected in Central Park, provided the library was named after his deceased eldest son Gilbert M. Simmons and that the city would support it with a one-mill appropriation.[44] The council unanimously accepted Simmons' proposal on January 23, recognizing him with a unanimous vote of thanks for his philanthropy.[45] Plans for the library building, designed by noted architect Daniel Burnham, were finalized in March; Burnham declared the new library was the "most complete" building he had designed up to that date.[46] The groundbreaking took place on May 4,[47] and construction progressed rapidly, with the structure completed on December 7.[48] On March 19, 1900, the city council formally established the Gilbert M. Simmons Library as a city-funded public library, appointing a board of directors and approving the library tax appropriation from the same date.[7] On May 23, the library board held their first meeting, unanimously electing Clara Barnes librarian.[49] The former Kenosha Public Library closed on May 26,[50] shortly before both the new Library Park and the Simmons Memorial Library were dedicated on May 30.[35] On July 6, the library board formally took charge of the Simmons Memorial Library on behalf of the city,[51] with the former Kenosha Library Association being dissolved on July 17.[52] The Gilbert M. Simmons Memorial Library opened to the public on July 19 with initial holdings of 4,578 volumes.[31][35][8]

The new Simmons Library circulated 36,236 volumes in its first year,[1] and by spring 1901 had permanently moved to an open-stack system.[31] It began circulating books among Kenosha public schools in January 1903, becoming the third Wisconsin library to adopt the practice.[53] Children's library services began in September 1907 with the appointment of Cora M. Frantz (1881–1958),[54][55] previously a library assistant, as the children's librarian, together with the outfitting of a "Children's Room" in the library basement.[56] In December 1910, Clara Barnes retired for health reasons and was succeeded by Cora Frantz as acting librarian; Frantz was confirmed as librarian the following June.[57][58]

Development and expansion

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From 1911, books were also circulated through designated book deposit stations, with the first station established at the Kenosha YMCA.[59] Although two deposit stations had previously been established at local businesses on the north side of Kenosha (in February 1903) and on the city's west side (in October 1904),[60][61] respectively, both had been discontinued within months due to a general lack of patronage.[62][63] By 1913, Kenosha's rapid growth justified it establishing a branch library in what was then the western part of the city.[64][10] On October 14, 1914,[10] a temporary West Branch consisting of a single reading room opened in a store building at the corner of Howland and Salem Avenues, both later renamed to Roosevelt Road and 22nd Avenue, respectively.[10][65] The library continued expanding the number and distribution of its book deposit stations, installing several in local factories during 1915.[66] In June 1917, following the sale of its building, the West Branch moved to a new location at the corner of 22nd Avenue and 61st Street.[10][67] On May 28, 1919,[12] a North Side Branch library was opened in a rented store at 4416 Sheridan Road.[10][68]

In September 1919,[69] a Wisconsin Library Commission survey found the original Simmons library - now the Central Library - to have "outgrown its building," and deemed its "crowded and inconvenient quarters" and available floor space incompatible with modern library requirements.[70] In response, several modifications were made to increase available space for books, but overcrowding at the Central Library remained a significant problem for the next six decades. During 1919–1920, 14 new book deposit stations were installed in city schools,[69][10] and the popularity of the North Branch led to its moving to larger rented rooms at 706 43rd St.[10][71] In January 1924,[72] three one-room branch libraries were established on the grounds of the Lincoln, Washington, and McKinley junior high schools.[72] The former North Branch library then became the Washington Branch.[72] Named after their respective school locations and intended to serve as combination school and community libraries, each branch was housed in a purpose-built temporary building having capacity for approximately 1,300 volumes and 36 patrons.[72] The popularity of the West Branch in its increasingly crowded rented space prompted construction of a dedicated West Branch Library.[73] Construction of a permanent West Branch began in October 1924 and was completed the following April; on May 30, 1925, the new branch was dedicated, opening to the public on July 1.[73][10]

To expand children's library services, Kenosha purchased the disused Henry M. Simmons Memorial Unitarian Church building on January 9, 1928, converting it into the Simmons Boys' and Girls' Library.[74][75] At its dedication on April 12, 1929, the new children's library, which opened the following day, was the first dedicated children's library in Wisconsin and the third such library nationally.[76] The Simmons library continued developing its services during the Depression and World War II, despite a general war-related fall in overall circulation during the latter period. Despite a 1935 expansion of the Central Library basement, the size of the collection held in the building exceeded its available shelving capacity by 1943, when the total number of volumes held by the Simmons Library system surpassed 100,000.[77] Extensive weeding in 1944 temporarily freed shelf space at the Central Library.[10][78] In April 1944,[10] the Bain Elementary classroom library was upgraded to a school and community library to better serve area patrons.[78] On May 1, 1946, Cora Frantz retired after 35 years as head librarian,[79] and was succeeded by Dorothy L. Huth (1898–1979).[80] The city's first professionally educated librarian, Huth had served as circulation librarian since 1941, prior to which she had headed the public library in Whitewater.[81]

Recognition

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In 2018, KPL received a SirsiDynix Power of Libraries Award.[82] The Wisconsin Library Association recognized the library as its "Library of the Year" in 2020.[83][84] In 2021, KPL was named a finalist for the National Medal for Museum and Library Service, becoming the second Wisconsin library system to receive this distinction after the Madison Public Library in 2016.[85]

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