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In concert with the association's conservation goals, several local buildings of distinction were moved to the site when they were compromised by demolition. The first of these buildings was the Summerour House, which was built in the 1880s on the property now owned by Northeast-Spruill Oaks library. [7]
The Carnegie Library remained the main library of the system for most of the century. The library was renovated in 1950 and 1966 through city bond funding. Before 1950 the system was referred to as the Carnegie Library, but to commemorate the renovation of the central Carnegie Library the system was renamed the Atlanta Public Library in 1950. [3]
In the 1820s, the discovery of gold in the foothills of northeast Georgia within the Cherokee Nation – approximately 45 miles (72 km) north of today's Johns Creek – led to America's second major Gold Rush, the eventual takeover of the Cherokee Nation by the U.S. government in 1830, and the subsequent forced exile (the "Trail of Tears") of ...
The library is suing the North Shore Library Foundation over the group's alleged refusal to hand over about $820,000 in donations for the new library.
Apr 4, 2024; Fair Lawn, NJ, United States; Library Director Adele Puccio poses for a photo in the Maurice M. Pine Free Public Library. The Fair Lawn library is becoming a book sanctuary and Puccio ...
The Carnegie Library of Savannah, known previously as the Carnegie Colored Public Library. On November 1, 1903, without Carnegie funding, the city of Savannah and the Georgia Historical Society partnered to open a public library beginning on a three-year basis which was located in Hodgson Hall on the north side of Forsyth park in Savannah.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
In 1945, nearby Catoosa County Library in Catoosa County joined with the county of Dalton to create the Dalton Regional Library. The main branch of the Dalton library was moved to a new location, the W.C. Martin House in 1948. [6] In 1957 and 1958 the Gordon County Library and Murray County Library also joined the growing system. [7]