Tour of The Stillwater Public Library Multi-Cache
Hidden : 3/26/2018
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Take a short tour of the Stillwater Public Library, in this 4 stage Geocache.

Click here for hours of the library. While the library may be open at these times, there may be events or other reasons you cannot access all stages or the final. Please be respectful of the librarians and visitors. Stealth is required at all stages.

Stage 1 is located at the posted coordinates.
The final has plenty of room for Trackables.



In 1901, Andrew Carnegie sold his iron works to U.S. Steel and began to give away the proceeds. One of his areas of interest was the establishment of public libraries. Stillwater was offered $27,500 for the construction of a building if the City of Stillwater would provide the site and ensure funding for library services. (Carnegie’s gifts were always for the building only.) Carnegie’s requirements were met. Construction of the Beaux Arts building, designed by Patton and Miller, began in 1902.

n 1971, it became apparent that an additional space was needed due to the growth of the community as well as the library’s collections. The Margaret Rivers Fund provided the funding to more than double the size of the library. The expanded library reopened 1973. From the exterior, few viewers could distinguish where the original building ended and the additions—designed by Ackerman and Associates—began. The space allowed the expansion of the nonfiction collection and the addition of audiovisual materials.

In 1986-87, the library was completely renovated and reorganized in order to add handicapped accessibility, give patrons more space, and allow staff to handle increasing workloads more efficiently. At this time, reference service was enhanced and emphasized. The card catalog was replaced by a computer catalog in 1989. The library then automated all of its essential operations to provide better inventory control and new patron services.

With a collection grown beyond the building’s capacity, not enough seating, and no place to put another computer, the library began to plan for the future in 2000. With the help of the community, the Board of Trustees determined the features that the library would need to serve the public in a growing community. The building project was funded by a public/private partnership that demonstrated the generosity of the community and its love for its library. Library services continued in a temporary location for fifteen months. The groundbreaking took place in September 2005 and the library reopened on September 18, 2006.

Source: http://stillwaterlibrary.org/about-the-library/history/

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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