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The first library in the district was established in 1938 as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in New Castle, Colorado. This library served the entire county and had about 14,000 books. The Garfield County Commissioners took over funding the library system after the WPA was discontinued. [6]
The library building was proposed as early as 1901 when the public used a reading room in Columbus's city hall. In 1903, Andrew Carnegie largely funded its construction, making it a Carnegie library. The library was designed by Albert Randolph Ross in the Beaux-Arts style, using white Vermont marble. The building opened in 1907.
The Enid Library merged with the Garfield County Library in 1960. [5] By the late 1950s the library system had outgrown the Carnegie library, storing 60,000 books in a facility that was built to hold 20,000 books, [ 6 ] and the building itself was falling into desrepair as the oldest government building in the city. [ 7 ]
Building replaced by the Dwyer Mercer County District Library in 1970. After further expansion, name changed to Mercer County District Library in 1994. 15: Chillicothe Chillicothe: Apr 13, 1903: $30,000 140 S. Paint St. Opened 1907, now the Chillicothe & Ross County Public Library (Main library) 16: Cincinnati Avondale Cincinnati: Apr 9, 1902 ...
Garland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 100,180. [1] The county seat is Hot Springs. [2]
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Jessieville is an unincorporated community located in Garland County, Arkansas, United States. [1] It is located next to Hot Springs Village and north of Hot Springs. Highway 7 runs through the community, and Highway 298 is also inside the town. The town has one school campus, which contains an elementary school, a middle school and a high school.
The Garland Carnegie Library, at 86 W. Factory St. in Garland, Utah, is a Carnegie library which was built in 1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1914. [1] Like many Carnegie libraries, it is a one-story structure built on a raised basement.