Council Grove Carnegie Library
Council Grove Carnegie Library is located in Kansas
Council Grove Carnegie Library
Location303 W. Main St., Council Grove, Kansas
Coordinates38°39′35″N 96°29′37″W / 38.65972°N 96.49361°W / 38.65972; -96.49361 (Council Grove Carnegie Library)
Arealess than one acre
Built1917 (1917)
Built byJoe Axe
ArchitectA. T. Simmons
Architectural styleNeoclassical
MPSCarnegie Libraries of Kansas TR
NRHP reference No.87000963[1]
Added to NRHPJune 25, 1987

The Council Grove Carnegie Library is a historic Carnegie library at 303 W. Main Street in Council Grove, Kansas. Council Grove's library association was formed in 1876, and they were given $10,000 by Carnegie's library program for a permanent building in 1903. The library was completed circa 1917 and opened to the public the following year. Architect A. T. Simmons of Bloomington, Illinois designed the Neoclassical library; Simmons, a prolific library architect, also designed five other Carnegie libraries in Kansas. The one-story brick library features a projecting entrance with an arched transom, limestone keystones above the door and windows, brick quoins at the corners and along the entrance bay, and a wooden entablature and brick parapet along the roof.[2] The library operated out of the building until 2003.[3]

The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1987.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Hagedorn, Martha Gray (April 2, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Council Grove (Carnegie) Library" (PDF). Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Our History". Council Grove Public Library. Retrieved February 18, 2023.


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