MERRILL − The T.B. Scott Free Library in Merrill will receive a $10,000 gift from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

The award is part of the Carnegie Libraries 250 initiative, which celebrates the upcoming 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and honors the approximately 1,280 Carnegie Libraries still serving their communities across the United States, according to a community announcement.

Scottish immigrant Andrew Carnegie funded the construction of 1,681 free public libraries nationwide between 1886 and 1917. About 750 of them continue to use their original buildings, while others have moved to new locations. The T.B. Scott Free Library, which opened in 1891, is one of 65 Carnegie Libraries in Wisconsin built through this historic program.

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