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Old Structures, Large and Small, That Became Libraries

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The Web site Flavorwire presents ten amazing libraries built inside old structures, including the ex-Walmart library featured in one of our earlier blog posts; a library built in a pink prison; libraries in old phone booths; and libraries in train cars.

This jailhouse in Nassau, Bahamas, was converted to a public library in the 19th century:

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Image source: http://www.flavorwire.com/309136/10-wonderful-libraries-repurposed-from-unused-structures?all=1

In the United Kingdom, avid readers queue up outside a library housed in an old phone booth:

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Image source: http://www.flavorwire.com/309136/10-wonderful-libraries-repurposed-from-unused-structures?all=1

What better purpose for an unused structure than to turn it into a home for books and learning!