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The Yakima Public Library was constructed in 1904, primarily using $10,000 grant donated for that purpose by Andrew Carnegie.The Rural Library District #1 (RLD) was established in 1944, and, in 1951, pooled resources with the City of Yakima to form the Yakima Valley Regional Library System.
North Yakima North Yakima: December 14, 1903: $15,000 104 N. 3rd Street, Yakima, WA Designed by Charles Bebb. Opened 1906, Replaced by current Central Library in 1950s. 16: Olympia Olympia: March 20, 1903: $25,000 620 Franklin St. SE, Olympia, WA. 98501-1359 Designed by Joseph Wohleb of Olympia with Blackwell & Baker of Seattle in Neoclassical ...
Sunnyside has one public library. The original public library, a Carnegie Library, was built in 1911. It was replaced in 1964 with the current library building. It is the second largest library in the Yakima Valley Libraries and has one of the largest Spanish language collections in the system. [30]
Pages in category "County library systems in Washington (state)" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Yakima Valley Libraries
Founded in 1909, the Yakima YWCA originally rented the second floor of Sawbridge's Hardware Store and used the gym from the First Baptist Church. In 1920, the YWCA purchased the land for the building but they were not able to break ground until 1934, when a local businessperson Alexander Miller donated $80,000 toward the effort.
The Yakima Indian Agency is a two-story brick structure measuring 45 feet (14 m) to the front and rear and 66 feet (20 m) along the sides. A 5-foot (1.5 m) by 15-foot (4.6 m) bay protrudes from the rear elevation. The building features a stringcourse where the original roof rested at the top of the first floor.
Yakima (/ ˈ j æ k ɪ m ɑː / or / ˈ j æ k ɪ m ə /) is a city in, and the county seat of, Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the state's 11th most populous city.As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 96,968 and a metropolitan population of 256,728. [4]
The A.E. Larson Building is a prominent Art Deco office building in Yakima, Washington, built in 1931.When it was built the eleven-story brick structure was by far the tallest building in Yakima, an otherwise low-lying town, and remains the tallest building in Yakima to this day.