Serving The Citizens of Bowling Green

Serving The Citizens of Bowling Green. . , 304 North Church Street Transitions , Church Street Elementary School (1901-1956) , In 1901-1902, the Church Street Elementary School was built at 304 N. Church St., bringing a school to the Fourth Ward to complement the elementaries already in the First Ward (Ridge School), and the Second Ward (South Main School). In 1956, Conneaut and Kenwood Elementary Schools had been built, and this building became the Bowling Green School District Library. This photo (left) shows the school in the 1920s-1930s., Bowling Green School District Library (1956-1969) and Wood County District Public Library (1969-1974) , In 1956, the Bowling Green School District Library was moved from Bowling Green High School on W. Wooster St. to the remodeled Church Street Elementary School building. In the left photo, library employees work in the upstairs room used for ordering and cataloging. The right photo shows a class from Conneaut School in the Children's Department on the main floor. In 1969 the library became the Wood County District Public Library. In 1974, the library moved to its current location at 251 N. Main St., Bowling Green City Administration Building (1976-2023) , In 1976, Bowling Green city administrative offices were moved from the old City Building on W. Wooster St. (now the Police Division) to 304 N. Church St. In July of 2023, the offices were moved to the new City Building at 305 N. Main St. and the 122-year-old building was torn down., 305 North Main Street Transitions , United States Post Office , The United States Post Office in Bowling Green, a mostly Neoclassical structure, was built in 1913 and opened in 1914, at a cost of $60,000. It served as the city's only substantial federal building for sixty years, until the US Postal Service moved to the new Federal Building on W. Washington St. in 1974. The city purchased the building in October of 1976 for $105,000., Wood County Senior Center , From 1978 to 1979, the city renovated the building for the purpose of becoming a "Planned Senior Citizens Center In 1979 it was placed in the National Register of Historic Places because of its distinctive combination of Neoclassical and Renaissance Revival styles. The Wood County Senior Center moved to the renovated building in February of 1981., Bowling Green City Offices , After the Senior Center moved to its new facility at 140 S. Grove St. in 2021, the City of Bowling Green demolished all except the facade of the historic building and built a new, larger building behind it. The new City Administrative Services Building opened in July of 2023., History Of The Wood County District Public Library , 1875 Bowling Green Library Association is founded, but disbands only a few years later, after failing to organize the City's first public library., 1911 A local women's organization, The Shakespeare Round Table, launches a campaign to establish the first public library., 1914 Bowling Green Library opens in the back of the Exchange Bank building (N. Main and W. Wooster St.), 1919 Library is renamed Wood County Public Library and moves to the McKenzie-Kabig building., 1928 The Wood County Public Library and High School Library merge to become the Bowling Green School District Library, which moves into new high school on W. Wooster St., 1956 Bowling Green District Library moves to 304 N. Church St., 1969 Library in renamed the Wood County District Public Library. (WCDPL), 1974 New N. Main St. building opens., 2002 Library moves to a temporary location at 1141 S. Main St, while library building is renovated., 2003 Renovated N. Main St. building reopens., 2006 Library acquires the Carter House (built in 1877) at 307 N. Church St.