Homefront - Our weekly stop at Evansville Public Library

We have been in Evansville 'forever' but just a few months ago, with the insistent of our son, we've decided to visit 2 of the libraries in downtown Evansville. We initially registered with Willard Library which open its doors back in 1885 and it's over 110 years old! The library (see 2nd picture above), housed in a beautiful Victorian Gothic building designed by James and Merritt Reid, is nestled gloriously near the downtown area of this southwestern Indiana city of 130,000 people, providing a sharp contrast with the modern high-rises and six-lane freeways. Willard has been a true icon of the Evansville community for over 100 years and was inducted into the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Sadly, we were only at this library a couple of times because my son didn't like the spookiness of the interior and of course being old, this library have a fascinating, and somewhat credible, old legend exists within the ancient walls of Willard Library. It's a living, breathing haunted house!! The first reported incident happened sixty years ago to a library employee who trekked through the snowy cold for his nightly duty. Since then, countless other employees and patrons have reported seeing this apparition, each giving an eerily similar description. Is the legend true?

Anyway, our regular weekend trip is the new main public library in downtown Evansville. The library supplies books, magazines, CDs & DVDs, internet access, computer classes, meeting rooms, and hundreds of events for youth, teens and adults. It is the community's living room where everyone is welcome to meet, discuss, and discover. It's also a place, connecting people to information, entertainment and technology.