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Franklin Carnegie Library

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Decker and Owensville St., Franklin, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 1' 34.61800000008", -96° 29' 1.95317000016"
 
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     The city of Franklin housed a library of 1,000 volumes in its City Hall before 1913. In February that year, Franklin Mayor R. M. Cole (1848-1931) applied to the Carnegie Corporation of New York for funds to build a new library. The Carnegie Corporation approved plans and granted $7,500 to the project. This brick building with classical details and a pressed-metal roof resembling tiles was designed by an architect named Patterson and completed in 1914, though it served as a library only through 1918. School classes and public activities were held here through 1984. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1986

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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