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Site of First Carnegie Library in Texas

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200 Rusk St., Pittsburg, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 59' 40.93145999988", -94° 57' 57.08819999988"
 
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    At 1898 request of firm mining coal in Pittsburg, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie gave $5,000.00 to match local pledges and build the first Carnegie Library (of 31) in Texas on this site. the masonry building was also the opera house and city hall. Library had 3,000 books. It became a social center, with meeting rooms for clubs and groups such as ladies sewing for World War I hospitals. The opera house staged professional drama and lectures and was used for graduations and recitals until modern school was built in 1926. The library burned in 1939.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Site of First Carnegie Library Historical Marker Location Map, Pittsburg, Texas