Franklin Carnegie Library
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National Register of Historic Places
Location: Decker and Owensville Streets, Franklin
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Marker Text: The city of Franklin housed a library of 1,000 volumes in its City Hall before 1913. In February that year, Franklin Mayor R. M. Cole (1848-1931) applied to the Carnegie Corporation of New York for funds to build a new library. The Carnegie Corporation approved plans and granted $7,500 to the project. This brick building with classical details and a pressed-metal roof resembling tiles was designed by an architect named Patterson and completed in 1914, though it served as a library only through 1918. School classes and public activities were held here through 1984. (1986)
Marker No: 10925
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Texas Historic Landmark
Geographic: 31.026247,-96.483879
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