The Escondido Public Library is a public library system serving the city of Escondido, which is situated in San Diego County, California. The collection of the library contains 275,000 volumes, circulates 750,000 items per year and serves a population of 147,500 residents.
The library system consists of the Main Branch, the East Valley Branch is now closed, Pioneer Room, Career Center, and a bookmobile.
The library has been serving Escondido sinc...
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The Escondido Public Library is a public library system serving the city of Escondido, which is situated in San Diego County, California. The collection of the library contains 275,000 volumes, circulates 750,000 items per year and serves a population of 147,500 residents.
The library system consists of the Main Branch, the East Valley Branch is now closed, Pioneer Room, Career Center, and a bookmobile.
The library has been serving Escondido since 1894 when it was a private library located in the small building which now sits in Grape Day Park. In 1898, the City of Escondido took over this library's operation, making the library a City-funded department. With Andrew Carnegie funds and a gift of land, a new library was built in 1910 on Kalmia and Third Avenue. In 1956, because of limited space to serve a community of over 6,000, a new library building, now the Mathes Center, was constructed on the same spot. By 1980, Escondido had grown to 67,000 persons and the library incorporated...
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