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2 December 2019 – October 2021
The temporary branch: A downtown library cannot simply close for two years, so the library built a temporary one. The Keller Park Branch opened at 737 Beale Street on 2 December 2019, carrying the Main Library's two most public services through the renovation — Studio 304 and Local & Family History lived at Keller Park while Main was dark — and the board of trustees met there through 2021. The building closed as Main prepared to reopen; the record gives its last day twice over — the board's minutes of 23 August 2021 set "Saturday, October 9" as the final day open at Keller Park, while the library's closing notice put closure from 21 October 2021, after holds pickup on 20 October. Both dates stand in the library's own papers. With Main's reopening on 14 November 2021, the temporary branch passed into the system's record as its shortest-lived home.
Sources:
- St. Joseph County Public Library, "Main Library Renovations" — the Keller Park Branch at 737 Beale Street, opened 2 December 2019, housing Studio 304 and Local & Family History.
- St. Joseph County Public Library, Board of Trustees minutes, 23 August 2021 — "Saturday, October 9 will be the final day open at Keller Park Branch."
- St. Joseph County Public Library, "Main Library grand reopening" notice — the Keller Park closure from 21 October 2021.