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Exterior view of the Carver Library Branch, with close focus on a Texas Historical Commission sign. The sign reads, " In Feb. 1926 the Austin Public Library opened in a room over a downtown store. Within months, the books were moved to this structure, built at Guadalupe and Ninth St., across from Woolridge Park. In 1933, with completion of a permanent library facility, the original building was relocated here to meet the request of the Black community for its own library. The frame structure was brick veneered and named for Black educator George Washington Carver. Directed by Hattie Henson, 1933-43, this was the first branch in the Austin library system. (1977)."