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MPL Branch History: Villard Square

By Paul Wellington on Nov 5, 2021 12:00 AM

Villard Square is the second branch featured in the MPL Branch History series. In 1898, Wisconsin Free Library Commission librarian Miss L. E. Stearns presented the village of North Milwaukee with a plan to establish its own library. Shortly after her visit, the library opened in what is believed to be the home of librarian Anna Grace Godfrey and her parents.

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