Robert Lee Williams Public Library

{{short description|Historic public library in Oklahoma, United States}}

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| name = Robert Lee Williams Public Library

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| image = Durant June 2018 04 (Robert Lee Williams Public Library).jpg

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| location = Fourth and Beech Sts., Durant, Oklahoma

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| locmapin = Oklahoma#USA

| built = 1936

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| builder = Works Progress Administration

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| added = September 8, 1988

| area = less than one acre

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| refnum = 88001375

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The Robert Lee Williams Public Library is located at 398 W Beech Street, Durant, Oklahoma, and was constructed in 1936 by a Works Progress Administration project.{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Robert Lee Williams Public Library – Durant |url=http://thehistoryexchange.com/index.php/wpa-in-oklahoma/bryan-county-wpa/robert-lee-williams-public-library-durant/ |website=History Exchange |location= |publisher=History Exchange |access-date=March 21, 2025}} The building is an example of the art deco style in its limestone construction featuring decorative frieze above the window openings and pilasters between the windows and on both sides of the entry.{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Oklahoma's NRHP |url=http://nr2_shpo.okstate.edu/QueryResult.aspx?id=88001375 |website=Oklahoma National Register |location= |publisher=Oklahoma National Register |access-date=March 21, 2025}}{{cite web |author=Dr. W. D. Baird |date=1988 |title=NRHP Nomination Form |url=http://nr2_shpo.okstate.edu/pdfs/88001375.pdf |website=Oklahoma State University |location= |publisher=NRHP |access-date=March 21, 2025}}

The library received a grant from the Gates Foundation to "expand public access to computers and the Internet."{{cite web |author= |date=1999 |title=Robert L Williams Library |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/1999/09/opp16483 |website=Gates Foundation |location= |publisher=Gates Foundation |access-date=March 21, 2025}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.{{cite web |author= |date=1988 |title=NRHP Nomination |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail?assetID=e3e0f67e-eb23-4f87-a7b4-f59650859021 |website=NRHP |location= |publisher=NRHP |access-date=March 21, 2025}}