The library was moved in 1881 to a fireproof building, and in 1900 numbered about 45,000 volumes.
Asbestos was used for many years to insulate and fireproof buildings.
The fireproof building consists of native blue limestone with a red tile roof.
It is characterized as a fireproof industrial building in the commercial style of the early 1900s.
You see, this was thought to be a fireproof building at first and small attention was given to escapes.
Afterwards, building codes were enhanced, and by the next summer, more than 70 fireproof buildings had been erected.
It was the city of Linton's first fireproof commercial building.
A new fireproof building was built in 1906 on the grounds just to the southeast of the palace.
A fireproof building was built next to the existing courthouse in 1870 to house the county records.
"We had almost all of our records stored on computer disks that were kept in another fireproof building."