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Aransas County Public Library
Distance: 48.1 Mi701 E Mimosa
78382 Rockport -
Bay City Public Library
Distance: 47.1 Mi1100 Seventh St
77414 Bay City -
Corpus Christi Public Libraries
Distance: 73.6 Mi805 Comanche
78401 Corpus Christi -
Escue and Associates
Distance: 97.1 Mi32711 Teal St
77423 Brookshire -
CBIC Construction and Development
Distance: 103.7 Mi2616 S Loop W Ste 330
77054-2787 Houston
Description
The library that all the citizens of Calhoun County enjoy today as a county-provided public service was started back in 1940 by the Port Lavaca Women's Study Club. Beginning with just a few volumes, the library has grown to an impressive collection of thousands of books, magazines, audio and video tapes. It was also destined to wander from place to place for over twenty years before finding its current home in 1991. The first home for the library was a bayfront building known as Community Hall. The Women's Study Club project was just getting underway when the building became the USO center during World War II. The library then moved to a room above the First State Bank building at the corner of Main and Colorado Streets for the next year of existence. The third home for the library was the old City Hall building on Colorado Street.