Cherryvale Carnegie Free Library

Cherryvale Carnegie Free Library
Location 329 E. Main, Cherryvale, Kansas
Coordinates 37°16′1″N 95°32′55″W / 37.26694°N 95.54861°W / 37.26694; -95.54861Coordinates: 37°16′1″N 95°32′55″W / 37.26694°N 95.54861°W / 37.26694; -95.54861
Area less than one acre
Built 1913 (1913)
Built by Caddo Construction
Architect Washburn,George P., & Son
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Carnegie Libraries of Kansas TR
NRHP Reference # 87000961[1]
Added to NRHP August 18, 1987

The Cherryvale Carnegie Free Library is a Carnegie library located at 329 E. Main in Cherryvale, Kansas. The library was built in 1913 through a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. Architect George P. Washburn, who also designed eight other Carnegie libraries in Kansas, designed the library in the Classical Revival style.[2] The red brick library has three bays in its facade. The library's recessed entrance is a classical pavilion with a brick frieze and supporting Tuscan columns and brick pillars; the doorway is topped with a limestone lintel. The low roof of the library is surrounded by a parapet.[3]

The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 18, 1987.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "History of the Cherryvale Public Library". Cherryvale Public Library. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Hagedorn, Martha Gray (April 2, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved May 25, 2013.


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