The LaCrosse Public Library heritage begins in May 1936 as a township library and occupied a room in the Methodist Annex Building. In October 1938, it relocated to the room at the rear of the J. V. Collier Insurance and Attorney Howard DeMyer offices.
In 1934, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad furnished a site on the corner of Main Street, which is Indiana 8, and Gibson Street for a log cabin. Men from LaCrosse, the Kankakee Valley Conservation Club, and veterans from World War I constructed the log cabin. Stone was brought from Joliet, Illinois, by the Monon Railroad.
The purpose of the log cabin was to provide a place for the local Boy Scouts. In 1940, the Boy Scouts discontinued using the cabin. A decision was made to move the library into the log cabin. Mrs. R. W. Keller served as the librarian until March of 1963.
The log cabin was demolished in 2000. The chimney was left standing, and a picnic shelter was built around it.
In December of 1961 the library moved and occupied the back portion of the Regional News building. The library then purchased and renovated the Regional News building in December of 1985 which allowed the library to expand into the whole building therefore doubling their size to the current 1,035 square feet.
Many years later, the library outgrew its building and was able to purchase the land that the old library sat on. Construction soon started and the buiding was opened in July 2009.
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