Public Library of Enid and Garfield County | |
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36°23′45″N 97°52′45″W / 36.39583°N 97.87917°W | |
Location | 120 W Maine Ave, Enid, Oklahoma 73701 |
Established | 1899 |
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Website | City of Enid Oklahoma: Library |
The Public Library of Enid and Garfield County, is a public library located in Enid, Oklahoma, the county seat of Garfield County, Oklahoma.
The library began as a one-room library in the Patrick and Bray building on the downtown square sponsored by the Enid Study Club in late 1900. [1] In 1905, the city of Enid acquired the library. In May 1909 Enid received a $25,000 grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation to build a Carnegie library. [2] [3] The Enid Carnegie Library was a Mission Revival style building designed by A. A. Crowell and built by DC Bass and Sons Construction. [4] The Enid Library merged with the Garfield County Library in 1960. [5] By the late 1950s the library system had outgrown the Carnegie library, storing 60,000 books in a facility that was built to hold 20,000 books, [6] and the building itself was falling into desrepair as the oldest government building in the city. [7] It was located at 402 N. Independence, [6] and was in operation from October 8, 1910 [2] until October 18, 1964, when a new mid-century modern style building was opened at 120 W. Maine, the library's current location. [8] Following years of vacancy, the Carnegie library was demolished in 1972, and is now a vacant lot. [9] In 2010, the library underwent renovations modeled after the San Jose Public Library System. [10] The library building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. The Enid and Garfield Library made national headlines in 2022 when the library board enacted a policy that banned displays about gender and sexuality, and as result meetings of a local romance book club. [11]
Public Library of Enid and Garfield County | |
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36°23′45″N 97°52′45″W / 36.39583°N 97.87917°W | |
Location | 120 W Maine Ave, Enid, Oklahoma 73701 |
Established | 1899 |
Other information | |
Website | City of Enid Oklahoma: Library |
The Public Library of Enid and Garfield County, is a public library located in Enid, Oklahoma, the county seat of Garfield County, Oklahoma.
The library began as a one-room library in the Patrick and Bray building on the downtown square sponsored by the Enid Study Club in late 1900. [1] In 1905, the city of Enid acquired the library. In May 1909 Enid received a $25,000 grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation to build a Carnegie library. [2] [3] The Enid Carnegie Library was a Mission Revival style building designed by A. A. Crowell and built by DC Bass and Sons Construction. [4] The Enid Library merged with the Garfield County Library in 1960. [5] By the late 1950s the library system had outgrown the Carnegie library, storing 60,000 books in a facility that was built to hold 20,000 books, [6] and the building itself was falling into desrepair as the oldest government building in the city. [7] It was located at 402 N. Independence, [6] and was in operation from October 8, 1910 [2] until October 18, 1964, when a new mid-century modern style building was opened at 120 W. Maine, the library's current location. [8] Following years of vacancy, the Carnegie library was demolished in 1972, and is now a vacant lot. [9] In 2010, the library underwent renovations modeled after the San Jose Public Library System. [10] The library building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. The Enid and Garfield Library made national headlines in 2022 when the library board enacted a policy that banned displays about gender and sexuality, and as result meetings of a local romance book club. [11]