Historical Marker

Carnegie Library

Ash and Oklahoma Ave Guthrie, Oklahoma · Guthrie · Logan

Oklahoma marker

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

AddressAsh and Oklahoma Ave Guthrie, Oklahoma
CityGuthrie
CountyLogan

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