Downtown in Frederick in Frederick County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Free Colored Mens Library
The Home of The Rev. Ignatius Snowden
The Free Colored
Mens Library
and its predecessor
The Young Men's Colored
Reading Club
Operated from 1913 Until 1932.
These were the libraries for
African Americans in Frederick
This plaque Erected By
The Kiwanis Club of Frederick
June 6, 1998
[Plaque below main plaque]
Clifford E. Holland
Erected 1998 by The Kiwanis Club of Frederick.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1913.
Location. 39° 24.685′ N, 77° 24.758′ W. Marker is in Frederick, Maryland, in Frederick County. It is in Downtown. It is on Ice Street north of West South Street (Route 144), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 111 Ice Street, Frederick MD 21701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Library Campaign Song (here, next to this marker); Ulysses Grant Bourne (within shouting distance of this marker); Saints Street (within
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