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The library was officially established as the Mobile Public Library in 1902 [1] and was originally housed in an antebellum structure at the corner of Conti and Hamilton Street. [4] The library association appealed to city leaders in the late 1910s to provide operating funds for the library, and it offered to give the city the library property ...
Rooms To Go (stylized as ROOMS TO GO ) is an American furniture store chain. The company was founded in September 1990 [2] by Jeffrey Seaman and his father Morty Seaman after they sold Seaman's Furniture. [3] According to Furniture Today, as of 2015 Rooms To Go is the third largest furniture retailer in the US. [4]
The Historic Avenue Cultural Center's opening just months after the July 8, 2023 opening of Clotilda: The Exhibition at Africatown Heritage House helped Mobile, Alabama earn several travel accolades, such as being named by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the Top 24 Places To Go in North America and The Caribbean in 2024.
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Alabama provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Alabama, where 14 public libraries were built from 14 grants (totaling $195,800) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 5 institutions (totaling $94,040).
"Bristol museum to hold holiday fair". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 23, 2008. p. H.12. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011 "Forum slated to look at Bristol's future". Republican-American. Waterbury, Connecticut. November 17, 2010
Universities and colleges in Mobile, Alabama (3 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Mobile, Alabama" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
With over 700 historic and architecturally significant structures, the district includes Alabama's most coherent collection of intact mid-to-late 19th century small town commercial buildings, as well as the state's most extensive collection of domestic Italianate architecture. The period of architectural, commercial, industrial and political ...
Ben E. May (1889–1972) was a Mobile, Alabama, businessman and philanthropist who helped found the Ben May Institute for Cancer Research at the University of Chicago and established the Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. The Ben May Library—Mobile's central public library—is named in his honor.