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  2. List of Carnegie libraries in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The following list of Carnegie libraries in Virginia provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Virginia, where 3 public libraries were built from 2 grants (totaling $78,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1914. In addition, academic libraries were built at 4 institutions (totaling $175,000).

  3. Blackwater Regional Library - Wikipedia

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    Blackwater Regional Library system serves the counties of Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, and the city of Franklin in Virginia. The library system is within Region 3 of Virginia Library Association (VLA). [1] According to FY 2015 Statistical Data for Virginia Public Libraries, the Blackwater Regional Library serves a population of ...

  4. File:Virginia geographic map-en.svg - Wikipedia

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    Date: 14 September 2019: Source: Own work. Sources of data: Topography: ETOPO1 (public domain); Public domain data provided by the National Atlas of the United States of America; Tool: The map is created with Octave scripts developed by Ikonact; Author: Ikonact: Permission (Reusing this file)

  5. Library of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    It serves as the archival agency and the reference library for Virginia's seat of government. The Library moved into a new building in 1997 and is located at 800 East Broad Street, two blocks from the Virginia State Capitol building. It was formerly known as the Virginia State Library and as the Virginia State Library and Archives.

  6. Richmond Public Library (United States) - Wikipedia

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    After the City of Richmond's finance committee rejected the first Carnegie offer in 1901, Carnegie offered to donate $100,000 to the city of Richmond, Virginia, for a public library. The city council had to furnish a site for the building and guarantee that $10,000 in municipal funds would be budgeted for the library each year.

  7. Gainsboro Branch Library - Wikipedia

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    The library's overall collection grew under Lee's leadership, and by the late 1930s a new building was being negotiated with the city. [2] Roanoke City Council eventually opted to issue a $20,000 bond for the construction of a new library in Gainsboro, while one was issued for $150,000 in the same year towards a library for its white citizens. [2]

  8. Timeline of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    1907 - First Baptist Church (Newport News, Virginia) rebuilt after fire the previous year; 1908 Virginia State School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children opens. [2] Chamber of Commerce formed. [12] 1910 – Olympic Theatre in business. [13] 1914 – Curtis Flying Field begins operating near Newport News. [12] 1917

  9. Woosehill - Wikipedia

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    Woosehill is a suburb of Wokingham in the English county of Berkshire. [1] Woosehill – spelled incorrectly as Woose Hill on Ordnance Survey maps – is the north-western region of Wokingham, adjoining Emmbrook. The Emm Brook forms its eastern boundary and the Bearwood Road its western boundary, past the wooded area around Round Hill. Built ...