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The Mobile Public Library has roots going back to the 1850s, when it was started as a subscription organization by the Franklin Society.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 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).
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.
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]
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.
It remained the tallest building in Mobile until the completion of the RSA Battle House Tower in 2007. [2] It was temporarily the 2nd-tallest building in Mobile and the 4th-tallest building in Alabama for roughly a year until renovation of the Renaissance Hotel was completed in 2008 with the addition of a spire, which raised that building's ...
"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