Terrell Heritage Museum

The corner stone of the Terrell Carnegie Library Building was laid in September of 1903 and the building was opened to the public as the Carnegie Library on March 15, 1904 serving Terrell in this capacity until the middle 1980's. Of the thirty Carnegie Library buildings built in Texas, we are fortunate that Terrell's is one of the twelve of these structures still standing. The building is a Registered Texas Historic Landmark, a Texas Archeological Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places being the only building in Kaufman County holding all three of these designations. It is now the home of the Terrell Heritage Museum.