Marker Inscription
Social History, Performing Arts
Historic Place
Ballinger Carnegie Library
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About this site
Ballinger Carnegie Library is a historic place in Ballinger, Runnels County, dedicated in 1975. It is one of 3 historic places documented in Runnels County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 60 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7399, -99.9500 near Ballinger. The nearest cataloged historic site is Carnegie Library Building (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include First Presbyterian Church, Day, Edwin and Hattie, House, and Van Pelt House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2075002002. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Built in 1909 at 204 N. 8th Street, the Ballinger Carnegie Library is a vernacular Classical Revival building distinguished by a two-story portico; after construction began as a single story, plans were revised to add a second-floor auditorium. It is one of only five of the 32 Carnegie libraries built in Texas that still serve as public libraries, and during World War II its auditorium was used as a ballroom for the Army-Navy Club to entertain cadets from nearby Harmon Field. The library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgtexashistory.unt.edu
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