Fredericksburg Memorial Library

The Pioneer Memorial Library is located at 115 W. Main Street, Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas. Designed by Alfred Giles, it was built in 1882 to replace the original 1855 courthouse, and was later superseded by the current 1939 courthouse designed by Edward Stein.

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Type: Library
Description: historic place in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas
Also known as: “McDermatt Building”, “Old Courthouse”, “Old Gillespie County Courthouse”, and “Pioneer Memorial Library”
Address: 115 West Main Street, Fredericksburg, TX 78624

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Mary’s Catholic Church and National Museum of the Pacific War.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

Church

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St. Mary's Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 306 W. San Antonio in Fredericksburg, Texas. St. Mary’s Catholic Church is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Fredericksburg Memorial Library.

National Museum of the Pacific War

Museum

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The National Museum of the Pacific War is located in Fredericksburg, Texas, the boyhood home of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Nimitz served as commander in chief, United States Pacific Fleet, and was soon afterward named commander in chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, during World War II. National Museum of the Pacific War is situated 2,000 feet southeast of Fredericksburg Memorial Library.

Zion Lutheran Church

Church

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Zion Lutheran Church is located in Fredericksburg, in Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the oldest Lutheran Church in the Texas Hill Country and one of the oldest in Texas. Zion Lutheran Church is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Fredericksburg Memorial Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fredericksburg.

Fredericksburg

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Fredericksburg is a city in and the county seat of Gillespie County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 Census, this city had a population of 10,875.

Fredericksburg Memorial Library

Categories: courthouse, library building, building, and education
Location: Gillespie, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

30.2753° or 30° 16′ 31″ north

Longitude

-98.87355° or 98° 52′ 25″ west

Elevation

1,703 feet (519 metres)

Open location code

862374GG+4H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 669986774

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

GeoNames ID

4692285

Wikidata ID

Q5499207

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