Brownsville Carnegie Library
Brownsville Carnegie Library is located in Tennessee
Brownsville Carnegie Library
Location121 W Main St., Brownsville, Tennessee
Coordinates35°35′38″N 89°15′49″W / 35.59389°N 89.26361°W / 35.59389; -89.26361 (Brownsville Carnegie Library)
MPSMcKissack and McKissack Buildings TR
NRHP reference No.100002752[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 26, 2018

The Brownsville Carnegie Library, at 121 W Main St. in Brownsville, Tennessee, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[1][2]

It is a Carnegie library, funded by a $7,500 grant December 2, 1909. It was built during 1910-1912 and was open as a library from 1912 to 2002. It was rehabbed in 1993. It is now a Chamber of Commerce building. It was possibly designed by Neander M. Woods, Jr. of Memphis.[3]

See also

  • Brownsville Children’s Library, Brooklyn, New York, also a Carnegie library[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Weekly List". National Park Service. July 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Downtown building named to Historic Register". 31 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Jones, 2002: 175
  4. ↑ Ishayik, Edna (19 April 2014). "A Brownsville Sanctuary, 100 Years and Counting". The New York Times.


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