Marker Inscription
The women's clubs of Corsicana were instrumental in opening the city's first public library in 1901 at W. 6th and Main St. The city created a library board in 1904 and secured a construction grant from the Carnegie Corporation the following year. In 1906 the Carnegie Library opened at W. Collin and N. 12th St. The building included a large auditorium which held numerous community gatherings. Mrs. Mattie Houston served as head librarian from 1908 until the 1940s. A new library was completed in 1967 to house a collection that had grown to over 40,000 volumes.
About this site
Corsicana Public Library is a historical marker in Corsicana, Navarro County. It is one of 128 historical markers documented in Navarro County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 218 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.0948, -96.4663 near Corsicana. The nearest cataloged historic site is Johnson, Samuel Wistar, M. D. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Corsicana, White, R.N., and Corsicana City Jail of 1908.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5349011608. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
