page_title: Downtown Beaumont
section_title: Libraries
hierarchical_section_title: Downtown Beaumont / Arts and culture / Libraries
caption_attribution_description: English: Tyrrell Historical Library. In 2010 an addition was completed. This building is to the left.
context_page_description: Downtown Beaumont is the central business district of Beaumont, Texas. It is where the city's highrise buildings are located, as well as being the center of government and business for the region. Downtown Beaumont is currently experiencing a renaissance, with streets, sidewalks and historic buildings receiving significant attention.
  The approximate borders of Downtown are the Neches River to the east. Interstate 10 to the north. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway to the West and College street to the south.
context_section_description: The Beaumont public library system has its headquarters and main branch in downtown Beaumont. The main branch features more than 130,000 titles available for loan, DVDs, Blu-ray, Audiobooks and computer access. 
  The Tyrrell Historical Library, also part of the Beaumont public library system, has archives including material from the Jefferson Beaumont family; the George W. O'Brien diaries from the American Civil War and the O'Brien family papers; and, an autograph album which belonged to Captain Randolph Owen of Alabama which included autographs of Confederate military leaders imprisoned by Union Forces at Johnson's Island, Ohio after the Civil War. The Terrell Historical Library is located in the original First Baptist Church of Beaumont.
caption: Tyrrell Historical Library
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