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Harris County Public Library. 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 ...
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. The lyceum's library eventually split into a separate institution at the end of ...
Added to NRHP. May 14, 1984. 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.
November 23, 1977. Designated RTHL. 2003. Designated TSAL. 5/28/1981. Texas portal. Architecture portal. 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.
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] It is owned and operated by the Texas State Library ...
houstonlibrary.org /johnson. The W. L. D. Johnson Neighborhood Library is a Houston Public Library branch in Houston, Texas. It replaced the Carnegie Colored Library, a Carnegie Library established by Houston's African American community in the Fourth Ward that was demolished for Interstate Highway 45 construction in 1962.
Houston, Texas, United States. African American Library at the Gregory School is a branch of the Houston Public Library (HPL) in the Fourth Ward, Houston. [1] The library preserves historical information about the African American community in Houston and the surrounding regions. [2] It is the city's first library to focus on African American ...
Fondren Library on the campus of Rice University. 29°43′05″N 95°24′00″W / 29.718°N 95.400°W / 29.718; -95.400. Location. Houston, Texas, United States. Fondren Library is the main library of Rice University in Houston, Texas. [1] The library is named for Walter W. Fondren, a co-founder of the Humble Oil & Refining ...