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The Colored Carnegie Library of Houston opened in 1913 with an African American board of trustees and management. It was transferred to the management as a branch library of Houston Public Library in 1921. [9] On July 31, 1961, the Carnegie Colored Library closed. [10]
Harris County Public Library (HCPL) is a public library system serving Harris County, Texas, United States. Since its inception in 1921, HCPL has grown from a system of small book stations in homes, stores and post offices to 26 branch libraries serving a population of over 1.3 million users in unincorporated areas countywide.
Heights Neighborhood Library is a public library facility in the Houston Heights area of Houston, Texas. It is a part of Houston Public Library (HPL) and is located at 1302 Heights Boulevard, [2] in Heights block 170. [3] It has a pink Stucco Italian Renaissance façade and arches in its doors and windows. Jason P. Theriot wrote in the Houston ...
The W. L. D. Johnson Neighborhood Library is a Houston Public Library branch in Houston, Texas.It replaced the Carnegie Colored Library, a Carnegie Library established by Houston's African American community in the Fourth Ward that was demolished for Interstate Highway 45 construction in 1962.
Texas portal; Architecture portal; The Julia Ideson Building is a Houston Public Library facility in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States.It is named for Julia Bedford Ideson, who served as the system's first head librarian for 40 years.
It is the city's first library to focus on African American history and culture. [3] The library features galleries, an oral history recording room, and reading rooms. $11 million from federal community development block grants and construction funds from Houston Public Library and the City of Houston financed the renovation of the Gregory ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Texas provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Texas, where 32 public libraries were built from 30 grants (totaling $649,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1898 to 1915.
Alief is served by both the Houston Public Library and the Harris County Public Library. The David M. Henington-Alief Regional Branch of Houston Public Library is in Alief. [108] The branch is located at 7979 South Kirkwood Street [109] and was originally named the Alief Branch Library when it opened in 1985.