Council Grove Carnegie Library

United States historic place


Council Grove Carnegie Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places



Location	303 W. Main St., Council Grove, Kansas
Coordinates	38°39′35″N 96°29′37″W / 38.65972°N 96.49361°W / 38.65972; -96.49361 (Council Grove Carnegie Library)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1917 (1917)
Built by	Joe Axe
Architect	A. T. Simmons
Architectural style	Neoclassical
MPS	Carnegie Libraries of Kansas TR
NRHP reference No.	87000963
Added to NRHP	June 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. The library operated out of the building until 2003.

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

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
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.
"Our History". Council Grove Public Library. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

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