The Ardmore Initiative
56 E. Lancaster Avenue
Ardmore, Pennsylvania 19003
Phone: 610-645-0540
Fax: 610-645-0662

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Recent Press Releases:

• Local Organizations Collection Drives, November 30, 2009
• Santa's Arrival , November 30, 2009
• Please join us for an evening of Food, Fashion and Fun!, September 16, 2009

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Why does the sign over the door at the Ardmore Free Library have the name of Ethel Saltus Ludington?

In the 1920’s, the library was housed in a wing of a women’s clubhouse on Ardmore Avenue. It was growing so large that new space was needed and the club looked to Charles Ludington for the funding for a new library building, adjoining the club building. In 1924, it was dedicated and presented to the Women’s Club by Charles Ludington as a memorial to Ethel Saltus Ludington. Today the library houses more than 35,000 volumes.