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The Downtown Reno Library is the main library of the Washoe County Library System, at 301 S. Center St. in Reno, Nevada. It occupies a historic Modern-style building listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Washoe County Library. It is known also as the Downtown Library.
Washoe County Library System is the public library system of Washoe County, Nevada. In 2002 it had a bond for new branches and extensive renovations and in a span of several months library usage increased by 17%. The library system did financially well until 2009 with the Great Recession. The county cut 500 county jobs then, and by 2015 there ...
Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3. Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie ...
The library manages many programs for public libraries including public library certification and standards, LSTA grants, bookmobile funding and training for library trustees. [2] They oversee Nevada Talking Book Services for print-disabled users, Nevada Center for the Book, and the Nevada State Data Center to help localities work with census data.
Downtown Reno, including the city's famous arch over Virginia Street Silver Legacy Hotel with Downtown Reno in the background Reno skyline in June 2006 Reno skyline in September 2014 Until the 1960s, Reno was the gambling capital of the United States, but Las Vegas' rapid growth, American Airlines ' 2000 buyout of Reno Air , and the growth of ...
Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, often known as The Discovery, is a science center and museum located in Reno, Nevada. [1] The museum, a private non-profit , was founded in 2011 and is geared towards both children and adults.
The Washoe County Library-Sparks Branch, at a prominent corner location at 814 Victorian St. in Sparks, Nevada, is a historic building that was designed by Nevada architect Frederick J. DeLongchamps and was built in 1931. Also known as Sparks Justice Court, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]
The station is located at 280 North Center Street in downtown Reno. The tracks are owned by the Union Pacific Railroad, while the station and platform are owned by the city of Reno. The station does not have a parking lot. The tracks are placed below ground level as they pass through the heart of downtown