Arts & History
Pickerington-Violet Township
Museum
Carnegie Library
Historical Society
and
T
hrough a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie
Corporation, our community’s Carnegie
Library opened its doors on Labor Day,
1916.
The historic building, at 15 E. Columbus Street in Olde
Pickerington Village, is one of 104 Carnegie Libraries funded
in Ohio and one of only three Carnegie Libraries in the
Columbus metro area.
When a new library was built on Opportunity Way in 1993,
the Carnegie Library became the keeper of our community’s
history – overseen by the Pickerington-Violet Township
Historical Society. The Museum is open Saturdays,
April through mid-December, from 10:00am to 1:00pm;
during special community events; and for group tours by
appointment. Admission is free.
The Pickerington Public Library and the Historical Society
are making plans to celebrate Carnegie Library’s 100th
birthday through special summer programs culminating
with a Sunday afternoon celebration at the Carnegie
Library/Historical Museum on August 28, 2016. Everyone
is invited!
Discover items from our community’s past at the
Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society Museum,
including prehistoric tools
and arrowheads found by
the Messenger and Dovel
families on their farms. These
artifacts are showcased
by donors Bill and Earlene
Corban in photo at right.
The Carnegie Library’s
circa 1940 “Bullwinkle” still
welcomes visitors – now to
Museum exhibits instead
of books; while an 1879
Victorian style Tabor pump
organ awaits funding for
repair and restoration to its
former melodic sounds.
See photos below. d
For celebration details,
check these websites:
PickeringtonPublicLibrary.com or
PickeringtonHistoricalSociety.org
or phone 614-382-5989.
pickeringtonchamber.com
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