{"nrhp_refnum":"76002042","name":"Cleburne Carnegie Library","other_names":["Cleburne Public Library"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 N. Caddo St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleburne","county":"Johnson County","state":"TX","lat":32.34855907000008,"lon":-97.38642861099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Classic Revival public library at 201 North Caddo Street in the business district of Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, built in 1905 to designs by the firm Smith and Moore.","why_significant":"It was the first professionally designed building in Cleburne and stands on the former site of Camp Henderson, the military outpost around which the town was named. It has served the community continuously as a library since 1905, and its original furnishings remain in daily use. The upstairs auditorium hosted local theatrical productions and now houses a museum.","narrative":"Built in 1905 at 201 North Caddo Street, this two-story brick library in downtown Cleburne, Texas, was the first building in the town designed by a professional architect. The Texas firm Smith and Moore drew the plans, and the local firm Zimmerman and McCoy built it. Its monumental Classic Revival front features paired two-story columns, a pressed copper cornice, a pediment and decorative stucco wreaths. Inside, cast metal columns and ornate plaster work enrich the main reading space, while the upstairs auditorium retains its stage, pressed metal ceiling and original pine floor. The library grew from a women's club campaign begun in 1901 and a $20,000 Carnegie grant. It occupies the former site of Camp Henderson, an early military outpost near which settlers founded Cleburne. The auditorium once hosted local theatre and Shakespearean performances and now holds a museum. The city took over ownership in 1952, and the building still serves as the public library with its original furnishings.","period_of_significance":"1905","architect_builder":"Smith and Moore (architects); Zimmerman and McCoy (builders)","architectural_style":"Classic Revival (Neo-Classical Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; operated by the City of Cleburne as a public library, with a museum on the second floor.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.023589-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/9727/40972722/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/76002042.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002042/214259f89e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002042/214259f89e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnegie_library_cleburne_2010.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnegie_library_cleburne_2010.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100002844","name":"Cleburne Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/cleburne-downtown-historic-district-100002844/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972722","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63056298"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/johnson-county/cleburne-carnegie-library-76002042/"}