- City:
- Georgetown, TX
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Libraries, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Cameron Fairchild
Description
The combined efforts of Southwestern University and the Georgetown City Council secured the funds to build the Cody Memorial Library. Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson helped Southwestern and the City through the maze of federal agencies to get a grant from the Public Works Administration. The three story building was completed at a cost of approximately $81,000. The building remains intact and well preserved and is the permanent home for the Senator John G. Tower Papers.
Source notes
https://hcap.artstor.org/cgi-bin/library?a=d&d=p1586 https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lcc03Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on July 23, 2014.
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