{"nrhp_refnum":"05000241","name":"George Washington Carver Library","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1165 Angelina St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.271764053000027,"lon":-97.72470178199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-03-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Colonial Revival brick building at 1165 Angelina Street in east Austin, Texas. Built in 1926 as Austin's first public library and moved to its present site in 1933, where it became a branch library for African Americans.","why_significant":"The building served Austin's Black community as its first branch library during segregation, from 1933 until the city library system was desegregated in 1951. It later became the first African American neighborhood museum in Texas. It also reflects the Colonial Revival style used for public buildings in the 1930s.","narrative":"Originally built in 1926 at Ninth and Guadalupe streets as Austin's first public library, this small wood-framed building was moved in 1933 to 1165 Angelina Street in east Austin and covered with beige brick veneer. It then opened as the city's first branch library for African Americans, serving a neighborhood shaped by segregation policies. The library was renamed for George Washington Carver in 1945 and served Black residents exclusively until the city council desegregated the library system in December 1951. It remained an important cultural center for the community, and in 1980 it became the George Washington Carver Museum, the first African American neighborhood museum in Texas. The 1,800-square-foot building is a simple Colonial Revival design with a symmetrical facade, central fanlight door with sidelights, hipped roof and cupola. Its exterior remains largely intact, while the interior has been renovated. It was recognized for its role in Black ethnic heritage and for its architecture at the local level.","period_of_significance":"1933-1955","architect_builder":"Hugo Miller","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now used as the George Washington Carver Museum; exterior retains a high degree of integrity, with alterations mainly to the interior, walkways and entrances.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.876476-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/9703/40970360/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/05000241.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000241/51c5a430b5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000241/51c5a430b5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"2C2K Photography","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Washington_Carver_Museum_Austin_aug2019-3.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">2C2K Photography</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Washington_Carver_Museum_Austin_aug2019-3.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970360","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver_Museum_and_Cultural_Center","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5545947"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/george-washington-carver-library-05000241/"}