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In the early 1900's Rochester Postmaster Osman Warren contacted Andrew Carnegie to secure his help in providing financial help in building a new library. Whatever Mr. Warren told Mr. Carnegie it worked, because a check arrived for $20,000 from the Carnegie Institute. The brand new library was built on the site of what was the Main Street School. The library was built in the new Georgian revival style using brick and granite, the inside was finished with golden oak and cypress. The library opened on October 2, 1905 and 150 people registered the first day. Miss Parshley served as librarian until her death in 1945. Velma Foss who was Miss Parshley's assistant was the second librarian of the Rochester Library.
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