Editing Lawrence, Kansas (section)

===Libraries===
[[File:Lawrence Public Library entrance.jpeg|thumb|Lawrence Public Library (2014)]]
The first library in Lawrence was started in October 1854 and was a subscription library costing $1 a year.<ref name="history">{{cite web|title=Library History|url=http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/renovation-construction/test-page-2/|website=Lawrence Public Library|access-date=September 28, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929045245/http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/renovation-construction/test-page-2/|archive-date=September 29, 2017}}</ref> After the [[Lawrence massacre|Lawrence Massacre]] destroyed the library, a new one was started in 1865 and placed under city jurisdiction in 1871. In 1902, Peter Emery successfully got a grant from [[Andrew Carnegie]] to build a new library at 9th and Vermont Streets. The [[Lawrence Public Library]] opened in 1904. A new library to replace the aging and outdated Carnegie Building was completed in 1972 at 7th and Vermont Streets with voters approving a bond issue in 2010 to expand and update the building.<ref name="lib">{{cite web|url=http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/renovation-construction/test-page-2/|title=Lawrence Public Library|website=Lawrence.Lib.KS.us|access-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref> During construction, the library moved to 7th and New Hampshire in the former [[Borders (retailer)|Borders]] bookstore. The new library opened in July 2014.<ref name="ljworld4">{{cite web|url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/jul/26/new-librarys-grand-opening-dazzles-eager-readers/|title=New Lawrence Library's Grand Opening Dazzles Eager Readers|website=LJWorld.com|access-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref>

The Lawrence Public Library was one of seven libraries in the United States that won the [[American Institute of Architects|AIA]]/[[American Library Association|ALA]] Library Building Award in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=2016 AIA/ALA Library Building Award winners announced|url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/05/2016-aiaala-library-building-award-winners-announced|access-date=September 29, 2017|agency=American Library Association|publisher=ALAnews|date=May 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929231302/http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/05/2016-aiaala-library-building-award-winners-announced|archive-date=September 29, 2017}}</ref>