Lamps in the Library Windows

In 1944 the Lower Glenshaw Library Association purchased the “White Elephant” when the owners threatened to tear it down. The first floor room was made into a memorial to Miss Mary Simmons, the first librarian. In the front windows of the library two lamps burn nightly. These lamps are replicas of the old oil lamps of stage coach days. They were given to the library by Mr. and Mrs. G.P. Thomas as a memorial to their sons, Robert and Edgar. The ceiling lights at the library were purchased by Mrs. Louis Statler in memory of her son, Louis.

Both lamps continue to burn nightly at the library, except during the Christmas season, when a Christmas tree adorned with lights is placed in one of the window alcoves.