Prescott Public Library

The Prescott Public Library is the public library in Prescott, Arizona.

This article is about the current Prescott Public Library. For the original Carnegie building, see Carnegie Library (Prescott, Arizona).
Prescott Public Library
Prescott Public Library, at 215 Goodwin Street
General information
Location215 E. Goodwin St., Prescott, Arizona
Coordinates34°32′22.6″N 112°27′59.9″W[1]
Completed1974
Renovated2006
Website
www.prescottlibrary.info

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

The 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 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
  1. Location determined by use of Google Maps, December 8, 2016.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. Marjorie Wilson (1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Prescott Public Library". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2016. with photos
  4. Rhoda Spencer; et al. "Beyond Words: The Prescott Library Mural" (PDF). Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  5. Ruelas, Richard; Craven, Scott (24 June 2014). "Yarnell anniversary plans differ for Prescott, families". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 8 December 2014.


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