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The City of Baytown operates the Sterling Municipal Library, which has a collection of 300,000 items. [72] The original Goose Creek Library opened in 1925; [73] the first county library in Texas, it was funded by the private donations of Humble Oil and Refining Company president Ross S. Sterling. The current Sterling Library was dedicated in 1963.
Though the law passed originally in 1917, it was repealed. With the newer and reworked Texas County Library Law of 1919, the law was petitioned in 1920 and led to a county library being established. [8] Later, in 1921, the Gainesville Carnegie Public Library was renamed to the Cooke County Free Library in the spirit of the new library law. [3] [5]
Harris County Public Library (HCPL) is a public library system serving Harris County, Texas, United States. Since its inception in 1921, HCPL has grown from a system of small book stations in homes, stores and post offices to 26 branch libraries serving a population of over 1.3 million users in unincorporated areas countywide.
2022-2023 TAPR report; According to the 03/01/2024 Baytown Sun article, "Goose Creek ISD Underwhelms In Performance Report" "Based on the Texas Academic Performance Reports that were presented at the Feb. 5 school board meeting, the scores from standardized academic tests indicate Goose Creek ISD is behind the region and state in academics for ...
It is named after Ross S. Sterling, co-founder of Humble Oil (now part of ExxonMobil) and 31st Governor of Texas. The campus has over 400,000 square feet (37,000 m 2) and is built on 86.32 acres (349,300 m 2). In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. [2] Sections of the city of Baytown are zoned to Sterling ...
The Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center is located in unincorporated Liberty County, Texas. The 17,600 square feet (1,640 m 2 ) facility is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Liberty , 200 miles (320 km) east of Downtown Austin and 41 miles (66 km) northeast of Downtown Houston . [ 1 ]
The library building was proposed as early as 1901 when the public used a reading room in Columbus's city hall. In 1903, Andrew Carnegie largely funded its construction, making it a Carnegie library. The library was designed by Albert Randolph Ross in the Beaux-Arts style, using white Vermont marble. The building opened in 1907.
Madison County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio.As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,824. [4] Its county seat is London. [5] The county is named for James Madison, President of the United States and was established on March 1, 1810. [6]