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La Retama Library on S.
Upper Broadway
- McGregor
Photograph Collection Box
1-Box 4
The years in the house
proved to be fruitful ones for both La Retama Library and the members of
La Retama Club. During this time, library patrons enjoyed new services
including a traveling library van. Also, two La Retama Club members,
Catherine Terry and Gazzie Warren served on the library board since
before 1950 and began devoting their efforts toward securing a fireproof
structure for the library. The Jones house was beautiful with a wooden
staircase and lush lawn, but it was not designed as a library building
and had its setbacks. Finally, the City of Corpus Christi passed a bond
issue for a modern fireproof structure. The bond provided $300,000 for
the remodeling of the old city hall on Mesquite Street. La Retama
members later wrote, “Catherine Terry and Gazzie Warren worked
personally with the architects and with Librarian, Phyllis Burson, for
the selection of all furnishings and fabrics.”
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