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Ventura County Library is a free public library system of 12 community libraries and a museum library in Ventura County, California, organized in 1916. [1] At the time of its centennial in 2016, the system provided access to 412,715 physical volumes and more than 500,000 virtual items to its nearly 300,000 card holders.
The Buncombe County Special Collections Library is a medium-sized archival facility located on the lower level of Pack Memorial Library. It contains a special collection of photographs, manuscripts, postcards, architectural drawings, maps and other materials related to the history of Asheville, Buncombe County, and Western North Carolina.
Oak Park High School's class of 1983 was the first graduating class. They were the maiden class; they were upperclassmen each year ninth through 12th grade. In 1999 the United States Postal Service assigned Oak Park its own ZIP code, 91377. [10] Oak Park previously shared the ZIP code 91301 with its neighboring town of Agoura Hills. [17]
It is controlled by the Thousand Oaks Library System, which also controls the Newbury Park Branch Library. The Grant R. Brimhall Building is located on Janss Rd. near State Route 23 . There are 81,000 square feet (7,500 m 2 ) in the main building and 3,000 square feet (280 m 2 ) in the adjacent Special Collections Storage building.
Pack Square Park is a public square in Asheville, North Carolina. [1] [2] Situated immediately west of Asheville City Hall and Buncombe County Courthouse and established in 1903, it is bounded by South Spruce Street to the west, College Street to the north, Court Plaza to the east, and Marjorie Street to the south.
The county seat, named "Morristown" in 1793, was established on a plateau where two Indian trails crossed. In 1797, Morristown was incorporated and renamed "Asheville" after North Carolina Governor Samuel Ashe. [21] [22] In the 1800s, James McDowell established land for burial of slaves belonging to his and the Smith families in Asheville.
Emily Kathryn Murphy, 38, faces one charge of misdemeanor ethnic intimidation "specifically for her actions" at the West Asheville Library on June 29, the Asheville Police Department said Sept. 9.
The firm purchased and subdivided tracts of undeveloped land north of Battery Park and sold lots. The enterprise languished until it was taken over by George Willis Pack, a lumber tycoon from the midwest who moved to Asheville in 1885. He is best known today as a philanthropist and benefactor of the Asheville Library and principal public square.