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| image = Strathcona_Public_Library_Edmonton_Alberta_Canada_01.jpg

| ___location = 8331 104 Street NW<br />[[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]<br />T6E 4E9

| coordinates = {{coord|53.5199|-113.4976|display=inline,title}}

| established = 1913

| website = https://www.epl.ca/locations/EPLSTR/

| architect = Arthur Gordon Wilson & David Easton Herrald

| service_area = [[Old Strathcona]]

| publictransit = {{rint|edmonton|ets}} {{rint|bus|1}} {{rbox|701||royalblue}}
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The '''Strathcona Library''', one of the oldest libraries in [[Alberta]], completed in 1913, was the first library erected in the City of Edmonton.<ref name="Just Getting Started: Edmonton Public Library's First 100 years, 1913-2013">{{cite book|last=Babiak|first=Todd|title=Just Getting Started: Edmonton Public Library's First 100 years, 1913-2013|year=2013|publisher=[[The University of Alberta Press and The Edmonton Public Library]]|pages=17–23}}</ref> Nevertheless, the Strathcona Library does have a complex background as to its historical status within the [[Edmonton Public Library]] system.<ref>{{cite book |title=First annual report of the Edmonton Public Library and Strathcona Public Library |year=1913 |___location=Edmonton |id={{ASIN|1528043901|country=uk}} }}</ref> It is located on 104th Street, a block off of [[Whyte Avenue]] in the heart of [[Old Strathcona]]. Situated next to [[Wilbert McIntyre]] Park, the iconic Old Strathcona Gazebo, and the year-round Old Strathcona Farmer's Market, the Strathcona Library is often a central gathering area for much of the local community. During the annual [[Edmonton International Fringe Festival]] in the surrounding area, the Strathcona Library often hosts a large booksale to help shift aging and excess material from [[Edmonton Public Library|Edmonton Public Library's]] circulation.

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==Architecture==

The original building was designed by the firm of Arthur G. Wilson and David E. Herrald.<ref name="Herzog" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wilson, Arthur Gordon |url=http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/394 |url-status=live |access-date=May 21, 2025 |website=Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800 - 1950}}</ref> Although a local duo, their design borrowed heavily from their British roots. It is a simplified English Renaissance Revival Style, common for [[Commonwealth of Nations|commonwealth]] buildings of the [[Edwardian age]]. Although grand in appearance, with ionic columns and limestone cornices on the exterior and intricate carved wood on the interior, the design is far more simplified and streamlined than earlier buildings of the [[Victoria era]]. This is reflected in other nearby buildings of the same age, such as [[Old Scona Academic High School]].

==Schools served==