Carnegie Library - Guthrie, Oklahoma
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gparkes
N 35° 52.692 W 097° 25.268
14S E 642523 N 3971590
Interesting series of Historical Markers located throughout the first capitol of Oklahoma.
Waymark Code: WM7QPA
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2009
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Carnegie Library
Built in 1902 with a grant of $25,000 from Andrew Carnegie. It housed the first tax supported library in Oklahoma. It was the site of the inaugurations of Territorial Governor Frank Frantz in 1905 and 1st State Governor Charles N. Haskell in 1907.
Scene of many public and club meetings the building was the meeting place for the Betsy Ross Society's women who sewed Oklahoma "46th Star" U.S. flag after statehood.
It was given by the City of Guthrie to the Oklahoma Historical Society in 1969, entered in the National Register of Historic Places 1971 and opened as Oklahoma Territorial Museum Nov. 13, 1973.
Presented by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation - 1980