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Foeller, Schober & Berners, a regionally prominent firm out of Green Bay, designed the library. The total cost of the library was $ 33,000, with the PWA covering 55% of the cost, and the City of De Pere funding the remaining 45%. Planning for the new library commenced in late 1934, construction
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