The Public Library, corner of 7th and K Sts., is housed in a two-story, red-brick, tile-roofed building. Its collection of 27,832 volumes includes 50 volumes in the Swedish language.
Olympic Stadium and Recreational Field, entrance 28th and Cherry Sts., opened Thanksgiving Day, 1939, is the leading athletic field in Grays Harbor district. The city purchased the site in 1929, but no improvements were made until 1938, when construction began under WPA, with the Hoquiam Park Board furnishing the materials.
The grandstand has a seating capacity of 10,000 and the grounds are lighted for night games. There are fields for baseball, football, and softball, and two tennis courts. Plans call for the completion of an archery range, horseshoe courts, a bowling green, children’s playfield, and picnic grounds.
The Samuel Benn Home, 4th St., between G and F Sts., a two-story clapboard-sided building, painted in battleship gray, was built in 1887 by the pioneer, Samuel Benn. It displays the filigree and scroll-work characteristic of the period.
Samuel Benn Park, N. I St., between 8th St. and 1st Ave., occupies a four-acre slope north of the city center. It is cut by deep gullies, through which tumble small streams spanned by rustic bridges. The park, which has tennis courts, a wading pool, and picnic furniture, is noted for its shrubs and trees. The site, a section of the original Benn estate, was purchased for park purposes by the city in 1929. On a promontory north of the park is Bel-Aire, residential community.
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