Historical Marker
Palestine Carnegie Library
Historical marker location:
502 N. Queen St., Palestine, Texas
( 502 N. Queen St., Palestine)
Marker installed: 1970
Outgrowth of 1853 effort by Judge John Graham Gooch to see circulating library established in Palestine, at first lending his own books.
Original city library was replaced by this structure, built 1914 with aid from the Carnegie Foundation.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970.