Sault Ste. Marie's free library was housed in two rooms on the second floor of the original Town Hall. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.

Andrew Carnegie helped to fund the construction of a new public library in Sault Ste. Marie in 1903 with a grant of 1903. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.

The Steelton Branch Library opened as a lending library in what had once been the Steelton Town Hall.
Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.

The new municipal complex that housed both the public library and the fire hall was destroyed by fire in March, 1907. It was rebuilt in 1909. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.

The Carnegie Public Library constructed in 1909 served as the main branch in the library system until 1966. Spatial and other limitations made a new library a necessity. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library

The current Sault Ste. Marie Public Library was the Centennial Project of the City of Sault Ste. Marie. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.

Putting the finishing touches to the carpeting prior to the grand opening of the Sault Ste. Marie Public Library in 1966. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.

The front entrance to the Sault Ste. Marie Public Library. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.