The Ada Arts and Heritage Center is a

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styled building located at 400 South Rennie Street in

Ada, Oklahoma Ada is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 16,481 at the 2020 United States Census. The city was named for Ada Reed, the daughter of an early settler, and was incorporated in 1901. Ada is ...

. The building was listed on the

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as Ada Public Library in 1989. The building was built in 1939 to serve as the

public library A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants. There are ...

of Ada. In 1981, having outgrown this original building, the Ada Public Library moved to its current location at 12th and Rennie. Designed by architect Albert S. Ross, it was built by the Chapman Construction Co. during 1938–39. It was funded by a

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grant and by a local bond issue. The building was deemed "architecturally significant because its Y-shaped plan is unique in Oklahoma and because its designer, Albert S. Ross, is one of Oklahoma's foremost architects....the Ada building is generally considered 'to be Ross's finest achievement. The building is virtually pristine, retaining almost one hundred percent of its original materials and also retaining its integrity of workmanship, design, feeling, and association." With The building is now known as the Ada Arts and Heritage Center and serves as a museum with changing art displays and a collection of historic photographs.

References

External links

Ada Arts and Heritage Center
- official site
Building's history
- Ada Arts and Heritage Center
Visiting information
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192455/http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Ada_Public_Library
National Register of Historic Places
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