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The Classical Revival Carnegie Free Library was designed by architect
William H. Weeks who also designed the nearby
Holloway House and
Wheeler Hospital. Weeks designed a total
of twenty-two Carnegie Libraries in Northern California, seven of them
in the Greek temple style, with pediments and columns similar to the
Gilroy library. Eighteen of these buildings have survived.
The Gilroy Free Library remained here until a new library was built
in 1975. The Gilroy Museum, which had shared the building with the library,
became the sole occupant in 1976.
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