Site of First Carnegie Library in Texas - Pittsburg, TX
N 32° 59.689 W 094° 58.034
15S E 316203 N 3652430
A 1973 Texas Historical Marker at Pittsburg City Hall, 200 Rusk St, Pittsburg, TX, notes this as the site of the very first Carnegie Library in Texas, which, unfortunately, burned in 1939.
Waymark Code: WMYZHF
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/15/2018
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The historical marker is attached to one of city hall's support columns, on the north side, and it reads:
At 1898 request of firm mining coal in Pittsburg, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie gave $5,000 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.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 04/30/1898
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