Cleveland Bradley County Public Library Facilities

Cleveland Bradley County Public Library Facilities. An Incredibly Unique Library. When you read about the history of the beginning of the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library as well as exploring all of its historical house portions on Ocoee Street, someone might think that the Library is nothing more than a collection of old houses. Quite to the contrary!, While the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library's main facility incorporates two of the historic homes, the Hardwick-Jarnagin House and the Craigmiles House-Carmichael Annex, it is actually a culmination of three newer additions., The First Addition , The first addition of nearly 10,000 sq. ft., completed in 1987, connected to the Hardwick-Jarnagin House and allowed for the move from the original Library at 833 Ocoee Street NE (across the street). This more than doubled the space of the original Library., The Second Addition , The second expansion was added in 2002 to the south side of the 1987 building. This 5,000 sq. ft. two-story addition provided a new Children's Room as well as the Library's first planned Computer Center. It also gave space for the expansion of the collection., The Third and Final Addition , The third and final expansion project, completed in 2009, added over 17,000 sq. ft. of new space and another 3,600 sq. ft. of space from the Craigmiles House-Carmichael Annex. This final addition provided: a new central entrance to the Library; a new space for the children's library that nearly doubled the space of the previous room; a new teen library area; a large meeting room as well as other meeting spaces; places to study and sit and read; and additional room for the growing collection., The combined structures provide a total of 47,000 sq. ft. for the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library. Over the years, the house portions and new construction spaces have been combined to make a homogeneous facility that allows for: the preservation of history; the exploration of new and emerging technologies; the encouragement of continuing education and life-long learning; fun programming for all ages; and a communal place for sharing ideas, innovation, and re-creation. The overall result has been to create one of the most unique library facilities in the country., The list of Library Directors from 1923 to the present, along with this transcript, is available at the History Branch and Archives, the Main Library Reference Desk, as well as on the Library's webpage at www.clevelandlibrary.org/explore-the-library., Captions , [Top, left to right] , . Creative Cottage 3-D Printer , . Creative Cottage Laser Printer , . Creative Cottage Hoyle Sound Recording Lab , . Church Street Entrance - Main Building , [Bottom, left to right] , . Ocoee Street View – Main Building , . View of the Teen Zone Library , . View of the Youth Library , All images from CBCPL files . This historical marker was erected in 2021 by Cleveland Bradley County Public Library. It is in Cleveland in Bradley County Tennessee