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Cooke County Free Library |
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201 S. Denton St., Gainesville,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
33° 37' 15.24659999988",
-97° 8' 36.10896"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
In 1913, city librarian Lillian Gunter (1870-1926) and the XLI club (a local women's literary society) secured a grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation to construct a library building for Gainesville. Gunter then began her quest for state legislation to enable counties to support library services for people outside incorporated cities. With the help of state representative George W. Dayton and the Texas Library Association, the County Library Law was passed in 1917. In 1920, the Gainesville City Council voted to turn over its library to the county, creating one of the first county libraries in Texas. The library moved to new facilities in 1963.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Cooke County Free Library Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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