Kemp Public Library

   In the 1890s Flora Anderson
Kemp (1861 - 1957) and other women
in Wichita Falls circulated 
books among friends. After many 
attempts to begin a library,
Mrs. Kemp in 1916 asked her
husband, pioneer and businessman
Joseph Alexander Kemp (1861 - 1930)
for a public library building
as a Christmas gift. In 1918 Kemp
presented the main structure of
this building to the citizens of
Wichita Falls. The community
donated 4,000 books and raised
money for furnishings. While the
building has been enlarged and 
remodeled several times, the
original structure remains intact.
                                                (1979)

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    The marker is on the wall at the front of the building, 1300 Lamar, Wichita Falls, Texas, 76301. 33-degrees, 54' 20.5"  -98-degrees 29' 21.5".

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