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On January 29, 1880, the James Prendergast Library Association of Jamestown, New York, was established by special act of the New York State Legislature. The act was signed into law by Gov. Alonzo B. Cornell. [15] The library first opened on December 1, 1891, at a cost of $60,000 for the building and $45,000 for a furnished art gallery.
The Alfred E. Dickey Free Library in Jamestown, North Dakota was built in 1917. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]According to its NRHP nomination, it is "a rare and fine example" of Prairie School architecture in North Dakota.
A library portal is an interface to access library resources and services through a single access and management point for users: for example, by combining the circulation and catalog functions of an integrated library system (ILS) with additional tools and facilities.
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Jamestown Public School, a union school, was built and became the "best equipped school" in Guilford County, with dormitories for boarding students. In 1914 the school was destroyed by fire, but a new building was completed the next year. This building now stands in the heart of Jamestown and houses the Jamestown Public Library.
The district encompasses 103 contributing buildings in the central business district of Jamestown. The district developed between about 1873 and 1956, and includes buildings in a variety of architectural styles including Italianate , Gothic Revival , Second Empire , Romanesque Revival , Classical Revival , Renaissance Revival , and Art Deco .
The first library in Greene County was founded in 1878 when the Young Women's Library Association (YWLA) was organized. They operated a small library in a room donated by Eli Millen, located on Greene Street in Xenia. Funding came from subscriptions from YWLA members. In 1881, the YWLA incorporated under the name Xenia Library Association. In ...
Founded in 1950, Jamestown Community College was the first locally sponsored community college in the State University of New York system. The college has grown from an enrollment of 169 students attending classes held at Jamestown High School to an enrollment of 2,484 in 2019-20 among its sites.