FIRST -- Parish Library in Louisiana, Rayville LA
N 32° 28.518 W 091° 45.457
15S E 616743 N 3593800
The Richland Parish Library is the first parish library in the state of Louisiana.
Waymark Code: WMMFJ2
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 09/13/2014
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The Richland parish Library is also known as the Nonnie Roark Rhymes Memorial Library, and it listed on the US National Register of Historic Places.
A sign outside the library proclaims its first-in-the-state status.
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"Richland Parish is home to the first parishwide public library in the State of Louisiana. The library was built in 1925. The Lambda Kappa Club of Rayville established the library. R.R. Rhymes donated the original building in memory of his wife, Nonnie Roark Rhymes. In 2008, Governor Bobby Jindal appointed Bibb Ingram, a granddaughter to Nonnie Rhymes, as a member of the Louisiana State Library Board.
Source: WikipediaOnline"
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