Tampa Free Library

For other Carnegie Libraries, see Carnegie library (disambiguation)

Old Tampa Free Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
File:Tampa Free Public Library01.jpg
Location	102 E. Seventh Ave., Tampa, Florida
Coordinates
Area	less than one acre
Architect	Fred J. James
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	91000618
Added to NRHP	May 16, 1991

The Old Tampa Free Public Library (also known as the Exceptional Children Education Center) is a historic library in the Tampa Heights neighborhood of Tampa, Florida. Located at 102 E. 7th Avenue, it was one of 10 Florida Carnegie libraries to receive grants awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. It was designed by Tampa architect Fred J. James and constructed from 1915-1917. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on May 16, 1991.

Steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie provided funding for more than 3,000 Carnegie libraries in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The library was built using a $50,000 grant from Carnegie.

It was Tampa's main library until 1968. It includes a T-plan, masonry, brown and yellow brick atop a rusticated granite basement, and is topped by a barrel tile roof. It has been known as the Old Tampa Free Public Library, the Exceptional Children Education Center is now being used for Tampa's Business and Community Services Department.

The building was rehabilitated in 1999 by the City of Tampa for public offices.

References and external links

• Hillsborough County listings at National Register of Historic Places
• Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
  • Hillsborough County listings
  • Old Tampa Free Public Library

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