| Visalia Branch Library | |
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| 36°19′57″N119°17′39″W / 36.3325°N 119.2943°W | |
| Location | Visalia, California, United States |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1936 |
| Branches | 15 |
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| Population served | 125,921 (city) 447,814 (metro) |
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| Website | www |
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The Visalia Branch Library system serves the residents of Visalia, California, United States. It is a part of the Tulare County Library system.
The Visalia Free Library, built with Carnegie Corporation funds, opened on May 31, 1904. From 1910 to 1919 the County of Tulare maintained the Tulare County Free Library system under the laws of the State of California at the same location.
In 1926 the city of Visalia offered to furnish a site and pay one-half the construction cost as well as to pay its share of maintenance for a new library building for the county. The offer was declined. A new Visalia Library was built in 1936. On August 3, 1961, additional space was added to the Visalia Library when a children's reading room and a stack room officially were opened for use.
In 1976 a new Joint Tulare County/Visalia City Library building was constructed with grant funds, for one and one-half million dollars. The old Visalia City Library was vacated and used for storage after the new library was constructed. The Annie Mitchell History Room was added in 1983.
The main library building, built in 1976, was remodeled merging with the WPA 1936 into one larger facility in 2008. The WPA built City Library was restored and now houses the children's wing and the Administration offices of the Tulare County Library. [2]
Farmersville is a city in the San Joaquin Valley in Tulare County, California, United States, just to the east of Visalia, California. The population was 10,397 at the 2020 census, down from 10,588 at the 2010 census.
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