Kirkland Library

Overview Opened: January 30, 1995 Quiet Room overlooking Peter Kirk Park Designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca/Ruffcorn Mott Hinthorne Stine (remodel) 19,500 square feet History 1925: Women's Club opens first library in the City Council chambers after five years of fundraising efforts 1961: City assumes library operation with support from the library's Friends group 1965: Bond passage funds construction of a 7,060-square-foot library at 406 Kirkland Avenue 1968: City contracts with KCLS for library s