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The Carnegie Public Library at Huntington, West Virginia, formerly also known as the Cabell County Public Library, is a historic library building located on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street. It was the first public library in the county. [2] It served the community as a library until 1980, when a new library opened across ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in West Virginia provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in West Virginia, where 3 public libraries were built from 3 grants (totaling $81,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1907. In addition, one academic library was built.
The Carnegie Public Library served Huntington, West Virginia from 1902, until the opening of the Cabell County Public Library in 1982. [3]The Cabell County Public Library was the first public library "to be automated with a computerized circulation system and online catalog" in West Virginia.
The Parkersburg Carnegie Library is a historic library building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was designed and built in 1905, with funds provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is one of 3,000 such libraries constructed between 1885 and 1919.
The Carnegie Public Library in Boise was built for $25,000 in 1905. It was paid for by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The city and the Columbian Club, a women’s group, added $5,000 for furnishings.
Carnegie Public Library built in 1902, located in Huntington, West Virginia. Beginning in 1899, Carnegie's foundation funded a dramatic increase in the number of libraries. This coincided with the rise of women's clubs in the post-Civil War period.
The Perry Public Library is excited to announce our new storytime, Budding Bookworms, a weekly Wednesday storytime for ages 2 to 5 from 10:30-11:15 a.m. in the Community Room.
The newly formed West Virginia Library Association (formed in 1914) campaigned for the legislation. Between 1917 and 1930, fourteen public libraries existed in the state. [1] The West Virginia Library Commission was created in 1929 by the legislature and housed in Morgantown on the campus of West Virginia University, but no state funding was ...