Editing Sauk Village, Illinois (section)

==McConathy Public Library==
A group of avid readers began a volunteer library which was housed in the basement of Katz Corner School, once located on Burnham Avenue. In June 1973, a referendum was passed and the Sauk Village Library District was formed in 1974. Jack Hurwitz was the first library director. He was assisted by Mary Frances Pena, who later would become head librarian.<ref name="at-the-library.org">{{cite web |last1=McConathy |first1=Nancy L. |title=Village History |url=http://www.at-the-library.org/History.html |access-date=June 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603184129/http://www.at-the-library.org/History.html |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |language=en-us |url-status=unfit}}</ref>

The library outgrew the basement at Katz Corner School and moved to a single-story house at 1909 Sauk Trail, and Linda Gapsewitz became the new director. In 1984, the library moved to a storefront in Surreybrook Plaza. In 1986, the Sauk Village Library District Board of Trustees changed the district's name to the Nancy L. McConathy Public Library District, to honor library district trustee and Village Clerk Nancy L. McConathy, who had died suddenly.<ref name="at-the-library.org"/>

In 2006, under the direction of the Library Board and Library Director Nanette Wargo, the library finally realized the vision of all of those volunteers and moved into their very own library building. The building was originally envisioned for land once owned on 223rd Street near Torrence Avenue, but was built at 21737 Jeffery Avenue. The building was designed by ARC Architects of [[Frankfort, Illinois]].{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}