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The Eaton Room is a collection of local and state historic materials housed in the Manatee Library System's Central Branch. Originally created following the death of local philanthropist Elizabeth M. Eaton in 1973, the collection includes materials gathered from County libraries, as well as Eaton's own antiquarian Florida purchases.
The Library is an important piece in the library history of Manatee County, serving as one of the libraries that marked the beginnings of the County’s library system. [6] It was also the base of operations for the county’s very first bookmobile in 1956. [6] Bradenton Carnegie Library Viewed from 15th Street W.
Manatee County's first public library was a privately owned rental library created by Julia Fuller at the Mrs. Bass Dry Goods store in 1898. The county's first independent library opened in Bradenton in 1907, followed a Carnegie Library in Palmetto in 1914 and another in Bradenton in 1918. For much of the twentieth century, both cities ...
[2] Name on the Register [3] Image Date listed [4] Location City or town Description 1: Austin House W: Austin House: February 5, 1998 (227 Delmar Ave. Whitfield: Externally typical house (built circa 1926) of the Florida land boom given a lavish interior overhaul and a guest house in 1947.
The regular bus fare is $1.50 on all local fixed routes. Discounted fares of $0.75 are available for students, disabled (with mobility card), seniors, medicare card holders, and active duty and military veterans.
CR 675 begins at an intersection with SR 70 about 10 miles northwest of Myakka City.From SR 70, CR 675 runs north along Waterbury Road. It passes through the community of Waterbury before coming to an intersection with SR 64 near Lake Manatee.
A new $17.6 million library facility opened in 2018 at the Bradenton location. The facility includes a visualization studio, which has a visual capability of 270 degrees, a 200-seat community room, 3D printers, and a film studio with multiple editing suites, as well as a section of the library into which students may not bring mobile telephones ...
In 1908, the St. Petersburg City Council and concerned citizens began on a journey to get funding for a public library. It was the culmination of a five-year pursuit by Councilman Ralph Veillard, W.L. Straub (owner of the St. Petersburg Times), and Annie McCrae, (who became the first secretary of the library) in 1913 that the city was awarded a $17,500 grant from the Carnegie Corporation.