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The Brownsville Carnegie Library, located at 121 W Main St. in Brownsville, Tennessee, United States, 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 between 1910-1912 and was operated as a library from 1912 to 2002. It was renovated in 1993.
Brownsville Library: 61 Glenmore Avenue The branch opened in 1905 and used a second-floor space of another building, before moving to its current location in 1908. [15] The library is set to close in 2023 for renovations and re-open in 2026. [16] Bushwick Library: 340 Bushwick Avenue The branch was founded in 1903 and moved to its current ...
Brownsville has 37 parks connected by a 1,200-acre (1.9 sq mi) system of parkland and 32 mi (51 km) of bike lanes. The city also has three gymnasiums, two public pools, and 55 athletic fields. [130] Brownsville's proximity to the coast has allowed the city to register several locations under the list of protected areas of the United States.
Brownsville is served by the Elma Ross Public Library. The library finished construction in 1992 after funding was raised jointly by the county, city, and local philanthropist David William Ross. Brownsville was previously served by a Carnegie Library, established after Brownsville mayor John O. Bomer received a $7,500 grant in 1909. This ...
Oct. 24—Brownsville businessman Frank Parker Jr. has been reappointed to the Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority by Gov. Greg Abbott, for a term ending Feb. 1, 2026. Abbott's office ...
Texas Southmost College and The University of Texas–Pan American at Brownsville combined their educational functions as The University of Texas at Brownsville on September 1, 1991. This created the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College. After 1991, UTB/TSC continued to grow, eventually boasting over 10,000 students.
The Village of Brownsville was first known as Thetis Station and had a narrow gauge railroad connection to Fond du Lac and Iron Ridge.In April 1878 the village was officially renamed to its current name, which was taken in honor of Alfred D. Brown, an English immigrant and pioneer farmer who in 1850 had settled an 80-acre farm on the edge of the village and became one of the first merchants ...
The James Weldon Johnson Community Library is a public library located in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is a branch of the St. Petersburg Library System, which services a large area in southern Pinellas County, Florida. African Americans were barred from using the Carnegie Library built in 1915. In 1944 they were granted access to its basement ...