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==Branches== |
==Branches== |
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In addition to the Central Library and Clayton Library, there are 36 branches in the library system, all located within the city of Houston. |
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*Acres Homes Branch Library ([[Acres Homes, Houston, Texas|Acres Homes]]) |
*Acres Homes Branch Library ([[Acres Homes, Houston, Texas|Acres Homes]]) |
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*Bracewell Branch Library |
*Bracewell Branch Library |
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*Carnegie Branch Library |
*Carnegie Branch Library |
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*Central Library ([[Downtown Houston]]) |
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*Central Library Julia Ideson Building Texas Room and Archives ([[Downtown Houston]]) |
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*Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research |
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*Collier Regional Branch Library |
*Collier Regional Branch Library |
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*Dixon Branch Library |
*Dixon Branch Library |
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Revision as of 21:00, 22 January 2006
Houston Public Library is the public library system serving Houston, Texas.
It can trace its founding to the Houston Athaneum in 1854. After a large contribution from Andrew Carnegie it was chartered as the Houston Lyceum and Carnegie Library in 1904. Julia Ideson was named its first librarian. The building constructed as Houston's Central Library in 1926 was later named in her honor.
The name was changed to Houston Public Library in the 1920s.
The library system now consists of 36 branches, plus the Central Library, located Downtown. Central Library, often incorrectly called the "Downtown Library", consists of the Julia Ideson Building and the Jesse H. Jones Building (1976). The Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, located in the Museum District is also part of the system, under the jurisdiction of the Central Library.
Over the past several years two new branches have been built and many others have been renovated. The newest branch is the John P. McGovern-Stella Link Branch, which opened in January 2005.
Branches
In addition to the Central Library and Clayton Library, there are 36 branches in the library system, all located within the city of Houston.
- Acres Homes Branch Library (Acres Homes)
- Bracewell Branch Library
- Carnegie Branch Library
- Collier Regional Branch Library
- Dixon Branch Library
- Fifth Ward Branch Library (Fifth Ward)
- Flores Branch Library
- Frank Branch Library
- Freed-Montrose Branch Library (Montrose)
- Heights Branch Library (Houston Heights)
- Henington-Alief Regional Branch Library (Alief)
- Hillendahl Branch Library
- Johnson Branch Library
- Jungman Branch Library
- Kendall Branch Library
- Lakewood Branch Library
- Looscan Branch Library (River Oaks)
- Mancuso Branch Library
- McCrane-Kashmere Gardens Branch Library
- McGovern-Stella Link Branch Library (Braeswood Place)
- Melcher Branch Library
- Meyer Branch Library (Meyerland)
- Moody Branch Library
- Oak Forest Branch Library (Oak Forest)
- Parent Resource Library in The Children's Museum of Houston
- Park Place Regional Branch Library (Park Place)
- Pleasantville Branch Library (Pleasantville)
- Ring Branch Library
- Robinson-Westchase Branch Library
- Scenic Woods Regional Branch Library
- Smith Branch Library
- Stanaker Branch Library
- Stimley-Blue Ridge Branch Library (Fort Bend Houston)
- Tuttle Branch Library
- Vinson Branch Library
- Walter Branch Library
- Young Branch Library
In addition, HPL has a partnership with the Harris County Public Library's Clear Lake City-County Freeman Branch Library in Clear Lake.