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| 500 W Church Ave, Knoxville, TN, 37902 | |
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0.5 miThree Rivers Rambler
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The main public library in downtown Knoxville is named Lawson McGhee Library. The library system includes the McClung Historical Collection, Knox County Archives, and 17 branches.
History
Established in 1886.
The first Lawson McGhee Library was a subscription library. Lawson McGhee Library was a gift to the people of Knoxville by one of its wealthiest citizens, Col. Charles McClung McGhee (1828 — 1907). It was given as a memorial to his daughter, May Lawson McGhee Williams (1860 — 1883), known to the family as Lawson McGhee, who had died in 1883 as a result of complications from the birth of her first child.
Lawson McGhee Library is believed to be the oldest continuously functioning public library in East Tennessee.
