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1907 Sanborn map showing the location of the Carnegie Library and Houston Lyceum. Julia Ideson Building in Downtown. The Houston Public Library system traces its founding to the creation of the second Houston Lyceum in 1854. [2] [3] The lyceum was preceded by a debating society, a special-interest mechanics' lyceum, and a circulating library ...
Heights Neighborhood Library is a public library facility in the Houston Heights area of Houston, Texas. It is a part of Houston Public Library (HPL) and is located at 1302 Heights Boulevard, [2] in Heights block 170. [3] It has a pink Stucco Italian Renaissance façade and arches in its doors and windows.
The Julia Ideson Building is a Houston Public Library facility in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It is named for Julia Bedford Ideson, who served as the system's first head librarian for 40 years. [1]
It is the city's first library to focus on African American history and culture. [3] The library features galleries, an oral history recording room, and reading rooms. $11 million from federal community development block grants and construction funds from Houston Public Library and the City of Houston financed the renovation of the Gregory ...
In 1921 the city of Houston disbanded the library board and made the library a branch of the Houston Public Library system. [6] Charles Norton Love, an African American civil rights activist and publisher of the Texas Freeman helped advocate for construction and funding of the library. Houston's public library system was desegregated in 1953.
The McGovern-Stella Link Branch of the Houston Public Library is located at 7405 Stella Link Road. [60] The library, named after physician John P. McGovern, [61] opened on January 8, 2005. [62] [63] The Houston Business Journal awarded the library a Landmark Award for Community Impact in 2006. [64] [65] In 2007 and 2010 the Houston Press ranked ...
A man has been found not guilty of breaking a law against feeding homeless people outside a public library in Houston, concluding the first trial to be held after dozens of tickets were issued ...
The W. L. D. Johnson Neighborhood Library of Houston Public Library is located at 3517 Reed Road. [74] The library was named after W.L.D. Johnson Sr., a man who raised funds for the purchase of the Carnegie Colored Library and served on the board of directors of that library. [75]