Local businessman buys historic Carnegie Building for $90,000 at auction

TIFFIN, OH — Local businessman Andrew Kalnow has purchased the county’s Carnegie Library building during an auction on Tuesday.

Kalnow paid $90,000 for the building, according to sources familiar with the purchase.

Built in 1912, the building in downtown Tiffin was one of the more than 2,000 Carnegie Libraries.

It was home to the Seneca County Public Library until 1976, when it was remodeled to host the Seneca County Juvenile Probate Court.