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.