Groundbreaking at the Dwight Foster Public Library, Fort Atkinson Wisconsin

The original configuration.

Artwork by James S. Baird (1947)

A gathering of local officials, library board members, Friends of the Library, and others join Library Director Connie Meyer on this joyful day.

Library Board President Helen Rose concludes her remarks and acknowledgements.

"A special group", as Connie describes them, stands with shovels ready in front of the area where the new main entrance will be located.

The south facade of the library as it looks now.

Link to rendering of north view of exterior.

Link to rendering of south view of exterior.

Excavation is already taking place at the site of the 12,000-square-foot addition.

Connie offered me a tour of the interior, which I gratefully accepted.

Link to building floor plans

....or thereabouts.

Old use:  storage space.  New use:  community room.

FOSTER GROWTH

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