Marker Inscription
In the 1890s Flora Anderson Kemp (1861-1957) and other women in Wichita Falls circulated books among friends. After many attempts to begin a library, Mrs. Kemp in 1916 asked her husband, pioneer businessman Joseph Alexander Kemp (1861-1930), for a public library building as a Christmas gift. In 1918 Kemp presented the main structure of this building to the citizens of Wichita Falls. The community donated 4,000 books and raised money for furnishings. While the building has been enlarged and remodeled several times, the original structure remains intact. (1979)
About this site
Kemp Public Library is a historical marker in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 75 historical markers documented in Wichita County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 94 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.9079, -98.4886 near Wichita Falls. The nearest cataloged historic site is Times Publishing Company (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hodges-Hardy-Chambers House, Hodges-Hardy House, and Antlers Hotel Fire of 1929, Site of:.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5485002917. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
