Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Carnegie Library at Florida A&M University

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, October 4, 2022

1. Carnegie Library at Florida A&M University Marker

Inscription. Built in 1908 with funds donated by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, this was the first Carnegie Library built on a Black Land-Grant college campus. Nathan Young, President of the State Normal College for Colored Students, with cooperation from the school’s alumni association, obtained a $10,000 donation from Carnegie to construct the library. A 1905 fire had destroyed Duval Hall, the college’s main academic building and original library. Carnegie Library, stocked with donations from alumni, was the first brick veneer building on this campus at the former location of Highwood Plantation. It was also the first building with indoor plumbing and electricity. During the 1950s and 1960s, the library served as an art gallery and education facility. In 1970, it became a religious center. In 1976, Florida A&M University President Benjamin Perry, Jr., designated it as the home of the Black Archives Research Center and Museum. In 1978, under the museum’s founding director, Dr. James N. Eaton, Sr., the library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2006, an addition to Carnegie Library was named

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in honor of Dr. Eaton and U.S. Representative Carrie Meek.

Erected 2014 by Florida A&M University, The Meek-Eaton Black Archives Research Center and Museum. (Marker Number F-833.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. In addition, it is included in the Carnegie Libraries series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1908.

Location. 30° 25.645′ N, 84° 17.199′ W. Marker is in Tallahassee, Florida, in Leon County. It can be reached from South Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard just south of Gamble Street. Marker is located in the courtyard of the library. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1513 South Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, Tallahassee FL 32307, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Florida.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, October 4, 2022

2. Carnegie Library at Florida A&M University Marker

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Florida A&M University (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lucy Moten Elementary School (about 500 feet away); Wilhelmina Jakes And Carrie Patterson: Initiators of The Tallahassee Bus Boycott (about 700 feet away); Site of the Pittman Boarding House/Willie and Carrie Pittman (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Florida A&M University Hospital (1911-1971) (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named The Florida A&M University Hospital (1911-1971) (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Florida A&M University (approx. ¼ mile away); Dream Builders (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tallahassee.

Also see . . . Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum. (Submitted on October 9, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.)

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Photographed by Tim Fillmon, October 4, 2022

3. Carnegie Library at Florida A&M University

Credits. This page was last revised on October 9, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 696 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 9, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.