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History of Tillicum Pierce County Library
Highlights in the history of the Tillicum Library.
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1947 - Library System offered service in area.
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May 1951 - Library opened in Tillicum Hall.
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June 1957 - Library moved to a small room in Tillicum Elementary School.
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1985 - Library moved to a 2,137 square foot space in the Tillicum / American Lake District community center / library building funded by Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Library System provided furnishing and shelving and a Federal Library Services and Construction Act grant funded the expanded collection.
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1995 - Tillicum incorporated as part of Lakewood.
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1996 - City of Lakewood annexed to the Library System.
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Spring 2007 - Wireless Internet access installed.
