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This location, destroyed by a hurricane in 1919, housed 1,200 volumes donated by the Key West Library Association. [3] This, however, was not Key West’s first library. According to historian Tom Hambright, a local 1858 diary entry mentions paying $5 a year in library dues, but that is the only record of a library prior to 1892. [4]
In November of 1966, The Islamorada Library branch opened in a Red Cross building constructed after the 1935 hurricane. In July of 1995, the Big Pine Key Library branch opened in Big Pine Key, Florida. There is a remarkably coincidental connection between Ernest Hemingway and the Monroe County Public Library System.
Pages in category "Public libraries in Florida" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. ... Monroe County Public Library (Florida Keys) N ...
Following Spain's secession of Florida to the United States in 1819, the first permanent colonization of Key West began with American possession in 1821. [6] Legal claim of the island occurred with the purchase by businessman, John W. Simonton, in 1822, in which federal property was asserted only three months later with the arrival of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Mathew C. Perry.
The Tampa–Hillsborough County Public Library System (THPL) is a public library system based in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.It is part of two larger library networks, the Tampa Bay Library Consortium, and the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative, which includes Temple Terrace Public Library in Temple Terrace, and Bruton Memorial Library in Plant City. [1]
The Washington County Public Library, also known as the Chipley Library, is located at 1444 Jackson Avenue in Chipley, Florida. [4]The Chipley Library suffered severe flooding [5] during Hurricane Sally, taking on nearly eight inches of water [6] and causing the branch to lose nearly all of the books and materials that were located on the bottom shelves.
U.S. Naval Station (Key West, Florida) Pan Am; Dr. Joseph Y. Porter House; Old Post Office and Customshouse (Key West, Florida) Sloppy Joe's; Southernmost House; Thompson Fish House, Turtle Cannery and Kraals; Truman Annex; Harry S. Truman Little White House; Veterans of Foreign Wars Walter R. Mickens Post 6021 and William Weech American Legion ...
Walton-DeFuniak Library is a historic library located at 3 Circle Drive, in DeFuniak Springs, Walton County, Florida in the United States. Opened in 1887, it is the oldest continuously run library in the state.