This new addition opened on September 26, 2006, exactly 103 years after the original library opened.
The entry is through a new garden court and the original library has been renovated.
The original library was built in 1902 and opened to the public in 1903.
The cost of the original library was $8,300, which included the land and building.
The original library consisted of two buildings, which were divided by a central garden area.
The second East Lake was built two blocks west of the original library.
The original library had been burned by the Germans in the war.
The original library was housed in room 401 of the Skyscraper building.
A new learning resource center opened in fall 1972, nearly doubling the size of the school's original library.
The original library occupied a small area on the second floor of the fire station.