Carnegie Center for Arts and History

Jackson Free Library
Carnegie Center for Arts and History is located in Tennessee
Carnegie Center for Arts and History
Location within Tennessee
Carnegie Center for Arts and History is located in the United States
Carnegie Center for Arts and History
Location within the United States
LocationCollege and Church Sts., Jackson, Tennessee
Coordinates35°36′58″N 88°49′1″W / 35.61611°N 88.81694°W / 35.61611; -88.81694
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1901 (1901)
Architectural styleRenaissance, Italian Renaissance
NRHP reference No.75001769[1]
Added to NRHPJune 26, 1975

The Carnegie Center for Arts and History is a museum and events venue in downtown Jackson, Tennessee, housed in the former Jackson Free Library.

The Jackson Free Library, which opened in 1903, was the first public library in Jackson. Part of the funding for its construction came from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. After the Jackson-Madison County Library was built to replace it, the Free Library underwent a period of deterioration that ended in 1987 when the city undertook to restore it.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

The facility is now a community museum, featuring rotating art and history exhibits. The Carnegie also hosts the Legends of Tennessee Music collection, including artifacts from Carl Perkins, Eddy Arnold, and Sonny Boy Williamson.

The museum was also formerly known as the Discovery Museum of West Tennessee.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Our Business". Carnegie Center for Arts and History. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Discovery Museum of Western Tennessee". Big Black Creek Historical Association. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
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