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The Lawson McGhee Library is the main library of Knox County Public Library in Knoxville Tennessee. It is located at 500 West Church Avenue in downtown Knoxville.The library was established in 1885 with a $50000 donation from Knoxville businessman Charles McClung McGhee and named for McGhee’s daughter May Lawson McGhee who had died suddenly in 1883.The current Lawson McGhee Library building was designed by architect Bruce McCarty.