West Tampa Free Public Library
For other Carnegie Libraries, see Carnegie library (disambiguation)
The West Tampa Free Public Library is a historic building in Tampa, Florida.[1] It was the first public library in Hillsborough County, Florida when it opened on Main and Howard Avenue in 1914. Construction of the Neo-classical revivalist style brick building was funded with a $17,500 grant from Andrew Carnegie[1] The West Tampa Library was restored and expanded in 2004. It is now used as the West Tampa Branch Library. It is located at 2312 West Union Street. Land for the library building was donated by cigar factory owner Angel Cuesta. Decorations include stained glass and a triptych oil painting on canvas by artist Ferdie Pacheco titled Coming to Work, The Cigar Factory, Main Intersection is exhibited in the library's main foyer and a 2003 acrylic painting by Synthia St. James titled Kaleidoscope is located in the main reading room.[2] As part of the library's 100th anniversary, it is taking parth in the LIbrary History Roadshow.[3]
References
- ^ a b County's oldest library a West Tampa treasure April 22, 2011 Tampa Tribune
- ^ West Tampa Library Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative
- ^ The Library History Roadshow Kicks Off at West Tampa Branch Library on April 16th! March 2, 2011 Library History Roadshow