Tampa Public Library
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N 27° 57.630 W 082° 27.635
17R E 356330 N 3093685
Historic Library in Tampa FL
Waymark Code: WM33N6
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2008
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From "The WPA Guide to Florida":
The Tampa Public Library (open 9-9 weekdays), 7th Ave. between Tampa and Franklin Sts., erected in 1915, is a one-story-and-basement buff brick building, its entrance framed by a marble archway with white Doric columns. The library, founded by a Carnegie fund, contains 64,000 volumes. On exhibit is a clay tablet said to have been found in southern Babylonia, written in cuneiform characters about 2350 B.C. It records the receipt of various animals.
Hillsborough County now has 28 branches to its library system; this building is now used to house city services. It is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Book: Florida
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 290
Year Originally Published: 1939
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