Norfolk Carnegie Library

Norfolk Carnegie Library
Location 803 W. Norfolk Ave., Norfolk, Nebraska
Coordinates 42°01′57″N 97°25′04″W / 42.0325°N 97.417778°W / 42.0325; -97.417778Coordinates: 42°01′57″N 97°25′04″W / 42.0325°N 97.417778°W / 42.0325; -97.417778
Area less than one acre
Built 1910
Built by Woerth, L.H.
Architect J.C. Stitt
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska MPS
NRHP Reference # 98001567[1]
Added to NRHP December 31, 1998

The Norfolk Carnegie Library in Plainview, Nebraska is a Carnegie library which was built in 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

It has Classical Revival details. It was designed by Norfolk architect J.C. Stitt and built by contractor L.H. Woerth.[2]

It is a one-story 60 by 44 feet (18 m × 13 m) brick building with cream sandstone trimmings. It has a raised basement and a hipped roof.[2]

Norfolk was one of 68 communities in Nebraska that were awarded Carnegie library grant funds.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Duane H. Upton (July 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Norfolk Carnegie Library / NeHBS # MD06-010; NE-98-00014" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved April 16, 2017. With four photos from 1998.
  3. ↑ Kathleen Fimple (June 15, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska, 1899 - 1922" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved April 16, 2017.


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