西雅图公共图书馆雷尼尔海滩分馆是地处西雅图最东南端的分馆。该分馆坐落于 9125 Rainier Avenue S，可追根溯源至 1928 年。最初营业时只有一个店面，但不幸的是，由于经济大萧条，该馆在 4 年后关门停业。自此之后的 34 年间，周边地区再未建立任何图书馆，直至 1966 年，57th Avenue S 上的分馆才开馆。雷尼尔海滩分馆于 1974 年迁入位于 Rainier Avenue 上的 Sea-First Bank 大楼，虽然建筑有些老旧，但此处却是一个较大的街区。1981 年，新落成的分馆大楼投入使用，这也是当时所建的全部分馆中规模最大的一栋。由于雷尼尔海滩分馆规模较大且相对较新，因此在 1998 年“Libraries for All”批准的债券发行案中，计划最后对其实施改造。但由于其他项目的拖延，雷尼尔海滩分馆的改造工程于 2002 年最先开工。经翻新改造后，该馆于 2004 年 1 月重新开馆。
西雅图公共图书馆雷尼尔海滩分馆 (Rainier Beach Branch, The Seattle Public Library)
- By David Wilma
- Posted 12/06/2002
- HistoryLink.org Essay 4038
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"Rainier Beach Library -- Annual Reports," folder, Seattle Public Library Archives; "Rainier Beach Library - Open House," folder, Seattle Public Library Archives; "New Rainier Beach Library Open House On Feb. 15," Beacon Hill News, February 4, 1981, newsclipping, Seattle Public Library Archives; "Sculpture Will Reflect Principal's Love Of Books," Beacon Hill News, February 6, 1985, p. 4; Seattle Public Library website (http://www.spl.org/); "Seattle Public Library Directory of Staff, 1967-1970" (bound toether, Northwest History Collection, The Seattle Public Library; Library Board of Seattle, Minutes of Proceedings, Vols. 5 (1934-1944), 6 (1945-1951), 7(1952-1957), 8 (1958- 1961), 9 (1962-1966), 10 (1967-1970), 11 (1971-1973), 12 (1974-1976), 13 ( 1977-1978), Seattle Room, Central Branch, Seattle Public Library, Seattle; Karen Spiel, email to Paula Becker, February 14, 2009, in possession of Paula Becker, Seattle, Washington; Daria Cal, email to Paula Becker, February 19, 2009, in possession of Paula Becker, Seattle, Washington.
Note: This essay was updated on May 30, 2005, on September 10, 2008, and on April 26, 2009, and was revised slightly on November 2, 2011.
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