Newman, Stanislaus County
San Joaquin Valley/North area, Central Valley region
Newman Museum
1209 Main Street
Newman, CA 95360
opened 1920
Newman Branch Library 1920-1978
currently a museum
grant amount: $8,000
architectural style: Classical Revival (Type C)
architect: Francis Reid
Newman's tall, red brick Carnegie building now houses what was thought to be
the first pioneer museum in Stanislaus County when it opened in the library
basement in 1941, and which now occupies the whole building at the northwest
corner of O and Kern streets. Newman is located just north of the Merced County
line on old Highway 33 which runs north and south between Interstate Highway 5
and the San Joaquin River.
Simon Newman and settlers from nearby Hills Ferry transported their community
to a railroad depot and turntable, which was established in 1888 when Southern
Pacific extended a line down Stanislaus County's West Side. Then the area was
dominated by range and dry land farming, enhanced later by extensive
irrigation projects. The Newman Women's Club, founded in 1908 with a library
as one of its goals, formed an early reading room, then a book exchange
depot, and bought several lots in anticipation of a Carnegie grant. The sum of
$8,000 was finally received in 1914 but, after further delays, the city was
informed by the Carnegie Corporation that the grants were suspended for the duration of
the war. It was 1919 before Francis Reid of Antioch designed the tall, red
brick building, essentially Classical Revival with Colonial elements; Earl
Hibbard was the contractor.
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