The Brownsville Carnegie Library, located at 121 W Main St. in Brownsville, Tennessee, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[1][2]
Brownsville Carnegie Library | |
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| Location | 121 W Main St., Brownsville, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°35′38″N 89°15′49″W / 35.59389°N 89.26361°W |
| MPS | McKissack and McKissack Buildings TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 100002752[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 26, 2018 |
It is a Carnegie library, funded by a $7,500 grant December 2, 1909. It was built between 1910-1912 and was operated as a library from 1912 to 2002. It was renovated in 1993. It is now used as a Chamber of Commerce building. It was possibly designed by Neander M. Woods, Jr. of Memphis.[3]
See also edit
- Brownsville Children’s Library, Brooklyn, New York, also a Carnegie library[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "Weekly List". National Park Service. July 27, 2018.
- ^ "Downtown building named to Historic Register". 31 July 2018.
- ^ Jones, 2002: 175
- ^ Ishayik, Edna (19 April 2014). "A Brownsville Sanctuary, 100 Years and Counting". The New York Times.