1. duckswire.usatoday.com

    Jan 15, 2025As for the Eudora Welty Library, the city and the Jackson Hinds Library System are still working to find a new location in downtown Jackson. In March 2024, the library system received $3.75 million in federal funding to assist with the recovery of the Eudora Welty Library, which will most likely go toward renovating a downtown building for the ...
  2. Apr 19, 2024At its April 19 quarterly meeting, the Mississippi Department of Archives History (MDAH) Board of Trustees approved a demolition permit for the Eudora Welty Library building in Jackson. The permit approval followed a period of public comment during which two comments were received supporting the demolition and three against. This building was built in 1946 as a Sears department store.
  3. clarionledger.com

    Jan 30, 2025First opened in 1986, the library was named after author and Jackson-legend Eudora Welty. Since closing down in June 2023, all books and files inside the library have been temporary moved to the ...
  4. Sep 20, 2023Jackson Director of Communications Melissa Faith Payne discusses plans to demolish Edora Welty Library. (WLBT) In April, the city council authorized the city's Department of Planning and Development to apply for a $5 million federal grant on behalf of Jackson/Hinds to help purchase and renovate a new building for Welty.. Officials say Jackson could be on tap to receive as much as $3.7 ...
  5. clarionledger.com

    May 30, 2024Located on the corner of North State Street and Mississippi Street, the library first opened in 1986 when Welty was 77. Now, the building's time is drawing to a close, slated for demolition in the ...
  6. Nov 25, 2024Mississippi Department of Archives and History spokeswoman Sarah Warnock says crews with Thrash Commercial Construction will begin tearing down the former Eudora Welty Library in January, more than a year after the city of Jackson deeded the facility to the state. Work on the demolition will continue until June.
  7. Jun 6, 2024Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A new park will replace the now-closed Eudora Welty Library in downtown Jackson.
  8. Dec 19, 2023JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The building that once housed the flagship branch of the Jackson/Hinds Library System is being turned over to the state. On Tuesday, the Jackson City Council approved a resolution transferring ownership of the Eudora Welty Library to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

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