First - Public Lending Library in Alabama - Gadsden, AL
N 34° 01.532 W 086° 02.634
16S E 588268 N 3765399
Howard Gardner Nichols Memorial Library, Gadsden, AL
Waymark Code: WMECXK
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2012
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The Library was constructed between 1898 and 1900. The distinctive white columned building that is the Howard Gardner Nichols Memorial Library became the first public lending library building erected in Alabama. At the time it was the Alabama City Library.
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