The Prescott Public Library is the public library in Prescott, Arizona.
| Prescott Public Library | |
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 Prescott Public Library, at 215 Goodwin Street | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 215 E. Goodwin St., Prescott, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 34°32′22.6″N 112°27′59.9″W / 34.539611°N 112.466639°W[1] |
| Completed | 1974 |
| Renovated | 2006 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The original Prescott Public Library was a Carnegie library at 125 E. Gurley Street, which is now an office building. It was the first Carnegie library in Arizona. This building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[2][3]
The current library location at 215 E. Goodwin Street was built in 1974[4] and renovated in 2006. The library sees nearly half a million visitors a year.
Modern library
editThe current library, built in 1974, is part of the Yavapai Library Network. The library has a vast collection of books, audiobooks on CD, magazines, DVDs, CDs and video games, as well as e-books, e-magazines and downloadable audiobooks. The library also contains other services such as computers, printers, scanners, and fax machines.
The library is decorated with murals depicting Prescott's history that were completed in 2009.[4]
In 2014, working in conjunction with the Tribute Fence Preservation Project and the State Library's Arizona Memory Project, the library opened a digital museum of objects left by visitors paying tribute to the 19 fallen Granite Mountain Hotshots after the Yarnell Hill Fire. The digital collection contains over 10,380 items.[5]
References
edit- ^ Location determined by use of Google Maps, December 8, 2016.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Marjorie Wilson (1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Prescott Public Library". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2016. with photos
- ^ a b Rhoda Spencer; et al. "Beyond Words: The Prescott Library Mural" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 12, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
- ^ Ruelas, Richard; Craven, Scott (24 June 2014). "Yarnell anniversary plans differ for Prescott, families". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
External links
edit- Prescott Public Library, official site