South Branch of the Carnegie Public Library of Ottawa

April 2, 2008January 24, 2026

Posted by: John Calvert, OSHP

Images of the branch through the ages

South Branch at 1200 or 1208 Bank St

South Branch at a new location and new building - 1085 Bank St

Bookmobile vehicles in parking lot

South Branch staff hard at work with electronic catalogue

aerial view of vacant land at 1085 Bank St

Historical documents

Advert in Chronicle newspaper, March 11, 1937

Advert in Chronicle newspaper, January 15, 1939

Ottawa South Municipal Association requests the erection of a South End Library Hall, June 7, 1934 (copy available from OSHP)

Spratt’s store is more like a library than O’Neill’s double parlor, June 2, 1922