Carnegie Center for Arts and History

The Carnegie Center for Arts and History is a museum and events venue in downtown Jackson, Tennessee, housed in the former Jackson Free Library.

For the similarly named facility in New Albany, Indiana, see Carnegie Center for Art & History.
Jackson Free Library
LocationCollege and Church Sts., Jackson, Tennessee
Coordinates35°36′58″N 88°49′1″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1901 (1901)
Architectural styleRenaissance, Italian Renaissance
NRHP reference No.75001769[1]
Added to NRHPJune 26, 1975

The Jackson Free Library, which opened in 1903, was the first public library in Jackson. Part of the funding for its construction came from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. After the Jackson-Madison County Library was built to replace it, the Free Library underwent a period of deterioration that ended in 1987 when the city undertook to restore it.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

The facility is now a venue for weddings and other special events. The museum in the Carnegie Center features exhibits on the Civil War.[2]

The museum was also formerly known as the Discovery Museum of West Tennessee.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Our Business". Carnegie Center for Arts and History. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26.
  3. "Discovery Museum of Western Tennessee". Big Black Creek Historical Association. Retrieved 3 February 2016.


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