Inscription
Built in 1902 with a grant of $25,000 from
Andrew Carnegie. It housed the first tax supported
library in Oklahoma. It was the site of the inaugurations of
Territorial Governor Frank Frantz in 1905 and
1st State Governor Charles N. Haskell in 1907.
Scene of many public and club meetings the
building was the meeting place for the Betsy
Ross Society's women who sewed Oklahoma "46th Star"
U.S. flag after statehood.
It was given by the City of Guthrie to the
Oklahoma Historical Society in 1969, entered
in the National Register of Historic Places 1971 and
opened as Oklahoma Territorial Museum Nov. 13, 1973.
Location
Sources
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