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Room was opened on March 4, 1873, in the reading room on the first floor of City Hall, with a collection of 1,500 books. These included 1,200 from the Columbus Athenaeum (1853-1872), 358 from Columbus's high school library, and 33 from its horticultural society. In 1906, the reading room moved to a separate building across from the Ohio Statehouse. James L. Grover served as the first director of the library, for a period of six years beginning

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