Local resident George Sharpe was awarded the contract to build it and the Classical Revival reinforced concrete building was finished in six months. The previous lot was used as an area for locals to leave their horses and wagons while they shopped downtown. The lot was purchased in 1914 for $3,000.00. One group of residents wanted the proposed Carnegie library built at the high school, but library trustees settled on land on the southeast corner of Main and Parker streets. It lasted 10 years and provided the foundation for establishing a larger library. It started in 1900 with 84 members and 137 volumes.
In the 1880s, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union opened a reading room on Main Street.Īfter a decade of effort, the Ulatis Book Club established a reading room and circulating library which was financed with membership fees.
Anderson’s Ulatis Academy, which started in the 1850s. The earliest form of a library in Vacaville was a small circulating library of religious and technical publications in J. It is the latest evolution for the building whose roots go all the way back to the 1850s. Late last year, the Journey Coffee Company formally opened up the renovated Carnegie building as “The Library,” an evening venue offering wine, spirits, beer and pizza where patrons can also browse through bookcases filled with books if they choose, thanks to Journey Coffee Company owners Morne and Nicole Van Staden. More than a half-century after the Vacaville Library left its Carnegie building downtown, residents can have a glass of wine, a mixed drink or beer with their book in the 108-year-old building.
Vacaville homebrew shop series#
This is part of a series of occasional pieces contributed by the Vacaville Heritage Council.
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