Lane Public Library / Clark Lane

Lane Public Library / Clark Lane (HM2AS1)

Location: Hamilton, OH 45011 Butler County
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N 39° 24.178', W 84° 33.505'

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Side A
Clark Lane built this library in 1866 and donated it to the people of Hamilton two years later. The 1913 Great Miami River flood catastrophe damaged much of the building and many of its books and records. The refurbished library reopened in 1914 and was dedicated as the "Lane Public Library." A fire five years later did considerable damage but library leaders responded in the years following by enlarging the building, establishing community outreach locations and, in 1938, offered a bookmobile service to rural areas. After World War II, the library expanded into a system that, as of 2015, served over 187,000 people in western Butler County with libraries in Hamilton, Fairfield and Oxford, the Smith Library of Regional History, the bookmobile, and a community technology center.

Side B

Clark Lane (1823-1907), industrialist and philanthropist, was a son of John Lane (1793-1880) and Rosanah Crum (1795-1877). John came with his family to the Ohio Country when it was still part of the Northwest Territory. As a young man, Clark worked in his family's blacksmith shop, and eventually helped found Owens, Lane & Dyer Machine Company in 1854. It built agricultural machinery, sawmills, papermaking machines, and other products, initiating Hamilton's prominence in metals manufacturing. Lane funded the Butler



County Children's Home, an orphanage for over a century, and constructed an octagon house as his residence on Third Street. He built this library in 1866, also as an octagon, and donated it to the people of Hamilton. A 19th century admirer wrote, "The name and generous deeds of Clark Lane will never fade from the memories of a grateful people who have been recipients of his favor."
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HM NumberHM2AS1
Series This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series
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Year Placed2017
Placed ByLane Public Library, W.E. Smith Family Charitable Trust, and The Ohio History Connection
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, August 25th, 2018 at 11:02am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 710229 N 4364340
Decimal Degrees39.40296667, -84.55841667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 24.178', W 84° 33.505'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 24' 10.68" N, 84° 33' 30.3" W
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Area Code(s)513
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 300 N 3rd St, Hamilton OH 45011, US
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