{{Short description|Library in Prescott, Arizona, US}} {{about|the current Prescott Public Library|the original Carnegie building|Carnegie Library (Prescott, Arizona)}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox building | name = Prescott Public Library | image = Prescott Public Library.png | location = 215 E. Goodwin St., Prescott, Arizona | caption = Prescott Public Library, at 215 Goodwin Street | coordinates = {{coord|34|32|22.6|N|112|27|59.9|W|display=inline,title,source:Doncram}}<ref name=gmap>Location determined by use of Google Maps, December 8, 2016.</ref> | pushpin_map = Arizona#USA | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_mark = | completion_date = 1974 | renovation_date = 2006 | architectural_style = | architect = | website = {{URL|www.prescottlibrary.info/}} }} The '''Prescott Public Library''' is the public library in Prescott, Arizona.
The original Prescott Public Library was a Carnegie library at 125 E. Gurley Street, which is now an office building. It was the first Carnegie library in Arizona. This building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=75000365}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Prescott Public Library |publisher=National Park Service|author=Marjorie Wilson |date=1975 |accessdate=November 22, 2016 }} with {{NRHP url|id=75000365|photos=y|title=photos}}</ref>
The current library location at 215 E. Goodwin Street was built in 1974<ref name=murals>{{cite web |url=http://www.prescottlibrary.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Mural-for-Web.pdf |title=Beyond Words: The Prescott Library Mural |author=Rhoda Spencer |display-authors=etal |accessdate=November 22, 2016 |archive-date=May 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512201452/http://www.prescottlibrary.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Mural-for-Web.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and renovated in 2006. The library sees nearly half a million visitors a year.
==Modern library== The current library, built in 1974, is part of the Yavapai Library Network. The library has a vast collection of books, audiobooks on CD, magazines, DVDs, CDs and video games, as well as e-books, e-magazines and downloadable audiobooks. The library also contains other services such as computers, printers, scanners, and fax machines.
The library is decorated with murals depicting Prescott's history that were completed in 2009.<ref name=murals/>
In 2014, working in conjunction with the Tribute Fence Preservation Project and the State Library's Arizona Memory Project, the library opened a digital museum of objects left by visitors paying tribute to the 19 fallen Granite Mountain Hotshots after the Yarnell Hill Fire. The digital collection contains over 10,380 items.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/2014/06/23/yarnell-fire-anniversary-prescott-families/11253183/|title = Yarnell anniversary plans differ for Prescott, families|last1 = Ruelas|first1 = Richard|date = 24 June 2014|work = The Arizona Republic|accessdate = 8 December 2014|last2 = Craven|first2 = Scott|archive-date = 17 October 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141017023744/http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/2014/06/23/yarnell-fire-anniversary-prescott-families/11253183/|url-status = live}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.prescottlibrary.info/ Prescott Public Library], official site
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Category:Library buildings completed in 1903 Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona Category:Buildings and structures in Prescott, Arizona Category:Carnegie libraries in Arizona Category:Education in Yavapai County, Arizona Category:1903 establishments in Arizona Territory Category:National Register of Historic Places in Prescott, Arizona