Warren City Schools history

Settlers founded Warren Township in the Seventeenth Century and officially incorporated in 1806.

In 1877, Doctor Julian Harmon began circulating a small collection of books from his office.

In 1888, a meeting took place in Doctor Harmon’s office to consider the establishment of a permanent library for the City of Warren.

On August 8, 1890, The Warren Library Association was incorporated by the state of Ohio and the Warren Library began continuous service.

In 1897, the library moved to the first floor of the new Court House.

In 1901, correspondence was begun with Andrew Carnegie asking him to finance a new library building.

Finances were a continuing problem and in 1923, the Warren Public Library changed from an association library to a school district library to insure a more stable source of funding.

In 1971, the present Warren Public Library building was completed, paid for by a combination of Federal LSCA funds, library trust funds and a large donation from the Warren Library Association.

Due to the decline of enrollment within the district since 1974, both Woodland School and Washington Valley were closed and leased (all or part) to private schools.

In 1982, the Warren Public Library underwent another change becoming the Trumbull County District Library and was by law now responsible for providing library service to all citizens of Trumbull County not served by one of the other six public libraries in the county.

In 1984, the Cortland Branch Library moved into a building on North High St The building was named in honor of the Viets sisters of Cortland, who donated land where the library was located.

In 1985, Lordstown Branch Library opened in the Lordstown Administration Building.

The district opened the Angelo L. Tomaso School (formerly Washington Valley) on September 1, 1991.

In 1993, the Lordstown Branch Library moved into its current building at 1471 Salt Springs Rd.

Woodland School was reopened on September 1, 1998.

Construction was completed in September 2002 that allowed for expansion of two of our schools.

In 2003, the Liberty Branch Library moved into its current building at 415 Churchill-Hubbard Rd.

In 2008, this funding source changed again.