JAMES MEMORIAL ART CENTER
PRESERVING HISTORY. PROMOTING ART.
The James Memorial features ART EXHIBITS, ART CLASSES FOR ALL AGES, MEETING SPACES FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION, RENTAL SPACES FOR YOUR EVENTS.
In 1909, EIGHTY women met in Williston to organize the Women's Civic League. Their goal was to obtain a library for the city of Williston. These determined women petitioned Arthur Curtiss James for necessary funds to build the library. Mr James agreed to fund the project as a memorial to his father, D. Willis James. February 27, 1911 the library was opened with a banquet and grand ball. The building was used as the city's only library until 1983, when it was replaced by the new public library. In the early 1990's the city began to address the issue of probable building destruction. In 1993 a concerned group of citizens formed the James Memorial Preservation Society to save the historic building and develop it into a center for the visual arts. The James Memorial Preservation Society in leasing the building from the city, assumed full financial responsibility for the maintenance and repair of the building and for exhibitions and activities held in it.
CURRENT EXHIBIT FEATURED AT THE JAMES MEMORIAL
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