Mark Twain Neighborhood Library - Long Beach, CA
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N 33° 46.966 W 118° 10.418
11S E 391339 N 3738688
This Library is located at 1401 E. Anaheim St. in Long Beach, CA
Waymark Code: WMBN89
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Jake39
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Mark Twain Neighborhood Library

This library is part of a complex that includes a park, recreation center and a community theater.
From the Library's website (visit link) :

"Mark Twain Neighborhood Library officially opened on February 18, 1930 as the Central Branch Library. It was named due to its geographically central location at 1541 Rose Avenue. On November 15, 1937 the Central Branch Library was officially renamed Mark Twain Library. It moved four more times before moving to its present site on August 11, 2007."

The Person:

Mark Twain
also known as Samuel Langhorne Clemens was an author and humorist, famous for such stories as the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and many others. See the Wikipedia article (visit link)
Year it was dedicated: original building, 1937. This building 2007.

Location of Coordinates: entrance

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Type of place/structure you are waymarking: California, Long Beach - Public Library
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