| Site | $3,105.00 | |
| Improving grounds | 1,123.68 | $4,228.68 |
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| Building construction | 30,935.33 | |
| Furniture | 1,746.63 | 32,681.96 |
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| Books, pamphlets and periodicals | 10,500.00 | |
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| Total | $47,410.64 |
Eastern Colored Branch
The work at the first colored branch library proved so successful that a second Carnegie building was erected in the eastern part of the city. This is known as the Eastern Colored Branch, and was opened with appropriate exercises January 28, 1914.
The building is well adapted for library and social center uses. It occupies a site 75 by 150 feet at Lampton and Hancock Streets. The site cost $5000 of which amount $1000 was raised by colored citizens. The building is 60 by 80 feet, built of brick, concrete and stone with tile roof, and has a main floor and basement. The first floor contains the library room accommodating 10,000 volumes, the librarian’s office, and an auditorium to seat 350 people. The basement has three class rooms for club use, a playroom, 37 by 40 feet, cloak room, boiler room, etc. An experimental garden is under cultivation in the “L” of the building and arrangements are under way to equip a playground 60 by 75 feet in the rear.
Cost of Building and Equipment
| Site | $5,000.00 | |
| Improving grounds | 1,000.00 | $6,000.00 |
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| Building construction | 19,250.81 | |
| Furniture | 1,273.50 | 20,524.31 |
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| Books, pamphlets and periodicals | 4,500.00 | |
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| Total | $31,024.31 |
Interior Western Colored Branch
Books in the Libraries. The libraries contain 13,655 volumes; Western 10,554, Eastern 3,101, and receive 137 current periodicals and newspapers, all of which are for free use. New books are being added constantly and readers are urged to make suggestions for additions which they feel are needed and should be added to the library.