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On February 17, 1869 - Mayor Stephen S. Buhrer announced the opening of the Cleveland Public Library. The Library was housed on the third floor in a building located on West Superior Avenue. Present at the dedication was Mayor Stephen S. Buhrer, Board of Education President E.R. Perkins, and Rev. Anson Smyth who stated that "the library would grow and prosper for a thousand years under the fostering care of the board."
The original collection had approximately 5,800 books (2,200 were inherited from the old school district library). The additional volumes were purchased from the proceeds of the new tax authorized by the state in 1867. Today, it is a complex consisting of two main library buildings and 28 branches.
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