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It is a Carnegie library and is the first public library built for African Americans staffed entirely by African Americans. [ 2 ] [ note 1 ] Previously known as Louisville Free Public Library, Western Colored Branch , and registered as a historic site in that name, it is a branch of the Louisville Free Public Library system.
National Library Week (April 7-13) serves as a poignant reminder of the indispensable role libraries play in our communities. This year's theme, "Ready, Set, Library!"
Main branch of Louisville Free Public Library: 9: Louisville Crescent Hill: Louisville: Nov 11, 1899 — 2762 Frankfort Ave. 10: Louisville Eastern: Louisville: Nov 11, 1899 — 600 Lampton St. 11: Louisville Highland Louisville: Nov 11, 1899 — 1000 Cherokee Rd. 12: Louisville Jefferson Louisville: Nov 11, 1899 —
The Louisville Free Public Library was created in 1902 by an act of the Kentucky State Legislature, and in 1904 it merged with the Polytechnic Society of Kentucky. Services began in 1905 when the Polytechnic Society's collection, held in the top floor of the Kaufman-Straus Building , was open to the public. [ 2 ]
Two Louisville Free Public Library branches are among the prettiest in the South and even the world, according to these two magazines. The Main Library, 301 York St., ...
The Crescent Hill Branch Library, constructed in 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky, was one of the first of nine Carnegie-endowed libraries built in Louisville, and is a branch of the Louisville Free Public Library. The building has a Beaux-Arts architecture style created by the Thomas & Bohne architect firm. The west side of the library was added ...
WFPL is now owned by Louisville Public Media and was originally owned by the Louisville Free Public Library. When the station came on the air in 1950, it was the first library-owned radio station in the country. [2] WFPL's transmitter is off Moser Knob Road in New Albany, Indiana, amid the towers for other Louisville-area FM and TV stations. [3]
Crescent Hill is a neighborhood four miles (6 km) east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA. This area was originally called "Beargrass" because it sits on a ridge between two forks of Beargrass Creek. The boundaries of Crescent Hill are N Ewing Ave to the St. Matthews city limit (roughly Cannons Lane) by Brownsboro Road to Lexington Road.