3. The Rifle Christian Church The Rifle Reading Club (a federated
was completed in 1906. Women’s Club) was founded and then
One of its 3 stained glass established a lending library. This
windows was called the collection consisted primarily of
“Roosevelt Window” to popular fiction and was kept in Mr. A.
commemorate the Glover’s jewelry store on Main Street
President’s recent visit
1906
1907
1926
The Rifle Chapter of the P.E.O.
Sisterhood decided it was time Rifle
had a real library and organized a
discussion with all the local
organizations. Thirty one dollars
were collected at the first meeting.
This covered the cost to rent a
room and install bookshelves.
4. The Town Council voted to
A mill levy was turn the management over to
passed to support the County Library System
the library
1928
1952
1975
The library moved into City Hall
5. 1976
1980
After 11 years of private ownership, the Roosevelt
The Rifle Public Window was up for sale. The Heritage Windows
Library became Trust was formed with the intention of purchasing
a branch of the not only the Roosevelt Window, but all 3 stained-
Garfield County glass panels to be displayed publicly in Rifle.
Public Library
A price of $35,000 was agreed upon and this amount
was raised in three and a half months in Rifle – a
community with an adult population of only 2,000
around this time. At this time, plans were under way
for a new public library, and it was universally
agreed that the Roosevelt window belonged in it.
6. 1981-82
1982
A Friends of the Library was
The county-wide ½ cent organized for the Rifle Branch Library
sales tax adopted in the
1980 election funded
the building of 5 new
libraries – including a
new building to house
the Rifle Public Library
7. Young readers could earn
a ride in a hot air balloon
by signing up for the
Summer Reading
Program, completing
book reports, bringing a
friend into the library, etc.
1984
1987
The Dedication
Ceremony for the
new Rifle Public
Library presented the
Roosevelt Window
Some 200 volunteer man-
hours were given to moving
the thousands of volumes
into the new library building.
8. 1991
1992
The Rifle Public Library’s Summer
Reading Program was awarded third
place by the Colorado Library Association
9. Today, the Rifle Branch
Library is located in the
A new roof downtown area. Almost
is added 60,000 patrons visited
the library last year.
1996
1994
2001
2008
ADA
renovations The community
completed Newspapers of
Colorado, Inc. presented
the Rifle Branch Library
with two new benches –
a beautiful sculpture of
Mark Twain sits on one
bench reading
10. October 2009
Construction Tearing down the
began on new Winter
old building Construction
30,000 square
foot building
2009
Groundbreaking Mark Twain moved
Ceremony to our temporary
October 21,2009 location
11. Teddy Roosevelt window
is refurbished and
moved to the new
location.
The new Rifle Branch
Library houses Garfield
County Administration
2010
and the window on the
second level
12.
13. November 20, 2010
Grand Opening
at new location
207 East Avenue
Rifle CO
2010
14. Happy Birthday
Dr Seuss Green
Eggs and Ham
breakfast
2010
2011
Governor Ritter dedicated
Rifle Library's solar panels September
December 2010 Banned
Book
Display
“It’s your
Freedom
we are
talking
about!”
15. Garfield County Public Libraries joined Prospector in 2011
30 million items can easily be requested by patron! WOW!
16. Rifle Branch Library was one in ten
libraries to host Discover Earth,
a museum quality exhibit. Over 162,000 items circulated in 2012 with
70% items self-check!
Over 27,000 questions answered
845 Volunteer hours
2012
Over 11,000 attended programing
Over 164,000 visitors
38,000 items in our collection
Public Access Computers used 16,856 hours
with many more folks using our WIFI at all
hours
We thrived in 2012 !!
