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Art Circle Public Library
The Art Circle Public Library (ACPL) is located in Crossville, Tennessee, Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee, Cumberland County, Tennessee, and is part of the Falling Water Regional Library. History In 1898 the Art Circle, a local group of women that would gather to socialize, decided to collect and lend out books to the public from a room at the old Cumberland County High School (now the Military Museum). Due to its popularity, the first officiaArt Circle Public Librarywas opened in a former bank building in March 1939, and by 1975 the collection had expanded so much that a new building was built. In 2010, the collection had again expanded and needed a new home: after years of fundraising, the brand new ACPL building was opened just down the street from the 1975 building.Wattenbarger, Miss"New Art Circle Library celebrates grand opening" "The Crossville Chronicle", May 6, 2010. New director In late 2008, Library Director Debra Kokes retired after 37 years of servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossville, Tennessee
Crossville is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Crossville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 12,071 at the 2020 census. History Crossville developed at the intersection of a branch of the Great Stage Road, which connected the Knoxville area with the Nashville area, and the Kentucky Stock Road, a cattle drovers' path connecting Middle Tennessee with Kentucky and later extending south to Chattanooga. These two roads are roughly paralleled by modern US-70 and US-127, respectively. Around 1800, an early American settler named Samuel Lambeth opened a store at this junction, and the small community that developed around it became known as Lambeth's Crossroads. The store was located at what has become the modern intersection of Main Street and Stanley Street, just south of the courthouse. By the time a post office was established in the 1830s, the community had taken the name of "Crossville". In the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
