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Cherry Branch Library
RAZEDView all images of Cherry Branch Library |
a.k.a. Colored Library
515 Cherry St
Evansville, IN
Quick Timeline
| 1914 | Library opens serving the black community |
| 1955 | Boy Scouts |
| c1970 | torn down |
Location
Cherry St and Church St (between 5th and 6th)
District: Downtown
Latitude: 37.968882163909
Longitude: -87.566678524017
Architecture
History
Comments
The Cherry Branch Library was built in 1914. It opened in December 1914 as the first branch library exclusively for blacks north of Ohio River.
The EVPL sold the library in 1955 and it becomes boy scouts Buffalo Trace Council headquarters; the building (515 Cherry St.) was originally a Carnegie Library built for use by African-Americans; photo dated September 10, 1964
Razed c1970 for welborn renewal hospital addition
See also
HistoricEvansville.com: Other
HistoricEvansville.com: Downtown district