Peabody Township Carnegie Library
Peabody Township Library, 2010
Peabody Township Library is located in Kansas
Peabody Township Library
Location within the state of Kansas
Location214 N Walnut Street
Peabody, Kansas, 66866
Coordinates38°10′2″N 97°6′24″W / 38.16722°N 97.10667°W / 38.16722; -97.10667
Built1914
Built byM.R. Stauffer (supervisor)
ArchitectA.A. Crowell
Architectural styleNeo-Classical
Part ofPeabody Downtown Historic District (ID98000590)
NRHP reference No.87000959 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 25, 1987

Peabody Township Library, also known under the older name of Peabody Township Carnegie Library, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1987. It is located in the Downtown Historic District of Peabody, Kansas, United States.

History

In 1875, the original library was constructed. The library was useful but within a few decades of use had become too small.

A committee of the Commercial Club, applied for a Carnegie library grant, and by the spring of 1913, the Carnegie Corporation had agreed to a grant of $10,000. The building plan agreed upon will resemble that of the Carnegie library of Galena, Illinois. The original library building was moved to the Peabody City Park, and the new Carnegie library was built on its site. On April 18, 1914, the doors were open to the public.[2][3]

Later, the original library was moved again and became the Peabody Historical Library Museum.

Since 2008, two computers have been available for high-speed T1 internet access, and free WiFi access allow patrons to browse the internet. The library is a member of the North Central Kansas Libraries System, which provides an inter-library book loan service between its members.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Peabody Township Library history
  3. ↑ Articles from Peabody Gazette-Herald from 1913 to 1914.

Further reading

  • The Peabody Gazette-Herald; February 12, 1913 / May 23, 1913 / August 6, 1913 / February 19, 1914 / April 16, 1914 / April 23, 1914.
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