Public Libraries in Jennings, Louisiana
Louisiana — United States
Public Libraries in Jennings, Louisiana
Home of the Jennings Carnegie Public Library, the oldest established library in Louisiana (1908).
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Libraries
Libraries in Jennings
Jefferson Davis Parish Library
📍 118 W. Plaquemine St., Jennings, LA 70546
📞 337-824-1210 · 🕑 Mon/Wed/Thu 9–6, Tue 9–8, Fri 9–3, Sat 10–2, Sun closed
Jennings Carnegie Public Library
📍 303 N. Cary Ave., Jennings, LA 70546
📞 337-821-5517 · 🕑 Mon–Sat 9–5, Sun closed
The Story of the Library in Jennings
The Jennings Carnegie Public Library is the oldest established library in Louisiana, tracing its origins to 1889 when the Jennings Ladies' Library Association opened the town's first public library. After the original building burned in 1901, the association secured a $10,000 Carnegie grant, and the present buff-brick building — designed by the New York firm Whitfield & King in a Palladian style with a domed octagonal corner rotunda — was completed in 1908.
The Carnegie building was expanded with a four-bay south-wing addition in 1952 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 1982. It remains an operating public library run by the City of Jennings, holding local-history collections that include photographs, yearbooks, and Jennings newspapers dating back to 1894.
About Public Libraries in Jennings
Jennings is served by the Jefferson Davis Parish Library, whose headquarters branch sits at 118 W. Plaquemine St., along with the historic Jennings Carnegie Public Library operated by the City of Jennings. Any resident of Jefferson Davis Parish can get a free library card, which unlocks borrowing of books, audiobooks and DVDs, public computers and Wi-Fi, children's programming, and remote access to online research databases at no charge.
The Louisiana Library Connection is a suite of online research databases provided free by the State Library of Louisiana to every resident. With a Jefferson Davis Parish library card you can log in from home to research databases, plus Homework Louisiana, which offers free live tutoring from Tutor.com for students and adults.
📚 What You Can Access
- 📚 Books, audiobooks, and DVDs to borrow with a free parish card
- 💻 Free public computers, Wi-Fi, and printing
- 🔎 Louisiana Library Connection research databases from home
- 🎓 Homework Louisiana free live tutoring via Tutor.com
- 🧒 Children’s programs and story times
- 🏛️ Local-history and genealogy collections at the Carnegie library
🏛️ Quick Facts
| Libraries | 2 (Jefferson Davis Parish Library HQ + Jennings Carnegie Public Library) |
| System | Jefferson Davis Parish Library / City of Jennings |
| Parish HQ address | 118 W. Plaquemine St., Jennings, LA 70546 |
| Carnegie library address | 303 N. Cary Ave., Jennings, LA 70546 |
| Phone | 337-824-1210 (Parish HQ) / 337-821-5517 (Carnegie) |
| Carnegie library opened | 1908 (roots to 1889) |
| Library card | Free to Jefferson Davis Parish residents |
| State resource | Louisiana Library Connection |
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